Poverty in Latin America: Trends (1986-1998) and Determinants

Quentin Wodon, Rodrigo Castro and Kihoon Lee
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Gladys Lopez-Acevedo

Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 2001, vol. 38, issue 114, 127-153

Abstract: This paper analyzes the evolution of poverty in Latin America. In 1998, about a third of the population was poor, and one sixth extreme poor. This represents 179 million poor people, of which 89 million lived in extreme poverty. The share of the populatio

Keywords: Poverty; education; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H5 I3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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