Social Development and Absolute Poverty in Asia and Latin America

W. De Geyndt

Working Papers from World Bank - Technical Papers

Abstract: A social development perspective is used to seek an answer to the question: why is the incidence of absolute poverty so different among developing countries in East Asia, South Asia and Latin America?

Keywords: POVERTY; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WELFARE ECONOMICS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I30 I31 O10 O53 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 1996
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