This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in Latin America in the 2000s. Our analysis a
One out of every five Latin Americans or around 130 million people have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4-a-day throughout their li
About half of the region's poor live in cities, and policy makers across Latin America are increasingly interested in policy advice on how to design programmes
In this major work an economist with long experience as an advisor in developing countries explores the conflict between market forces and political reform that
A comprehensive Statistical Appendix provides regional and country-by-country data in such areas as GDP, manufacturing, sector productivity, prices, trade, inco