Below the line: Poverty in Latin America

Cardoso, Eliana; Helwege, Ann

doi:10.1016/0305-750x(92)90134-h

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“…In fact, there is a vast literature on poverty and other subjects treating the Latin American region as a unit of analysis. Studies of this kind include the Social Panorama for Latin America annually released by ECLAC since 1991, Cardoso and Helwege (), the books by Attanasio and Szekely (), Birdsall and Garaham (), Lopes and Valdes (2000), and Borda and Masi () . It is also worth mentioning the more recent work by ECLAC (), Lopez‐Calva and Lustig () on inequality, Ferreira et al .…”

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A Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America

Santos

Villatoro

2016

Review of Income and Wealth

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This paper proposes a new Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America. The index combines monetary and non‐monetary indicators, updates deprivation cut‐offs for certain traditional unsatisfied basic needs indicators and includes some new indicators, aiming to maximize regional comparability within the data constraints. The index is estimated for 17 countries of the region at two points in time—one around 2005 and the other around 2012. Overall, we estimate about 28 percent of people are multidimensionally poor in 2012 in the region. We find statistically significant reductions of poverty in most countries, both in terms of incidence and intensity over the period under analysis. However, important disparities between rural and urban areas remain. Statistical scrutiny of the index suggests that it captures the state of poverty relatively well while maintaining a certain parsimony and being highly robust to changes in weights, indicators, and poverty cut‐off.

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A Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America

Santos

Villatoro

2016

Review of Income and Wealth

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“…The alternative is to continue to implement conventional policies that have proven to be self-defeating not only from a social standpoint, but from an economic one as well. Cardoso and Helwege [1992]. They provide compelling statistical evidence that shows that during the eighties income inequality rose as measured by Gini coefficients in Argentina, Brazil, EI Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Puerto Rico.…”

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Stabilization and Adjustment in Latin America: A Neostructuralist Perspective

Ramírez¹

1993

Journal of Economic Issues

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“…Nevertheless, development has done little to improve conditions in rural areas. Available social welfare indicators reveal that land concentration has intensified (Almeida 1992;Hoffman 1998;McCracken et al 1999), infant mortality rates have risen (Schneider 1995), and malnutrition levels are higher than the national average (INAN 1989;Cardoso and Helwege 1992). Indeed, conflict now pits colonists against ranchers and Amerindians against loggers throughout the region, and fatalities associated with violent land disputes have alarmed the world community.…”

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The Local Articulation of Policy Conflict: Land Use, Environment, and Amerindian Rights in Eastern Amazonia

Simmons

2002

The Professional Geographer

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The Brazilian government has promoted development in Amazonia for over forty years. Nevertheless, improvement of rural conditions has been limited. Although tropical deforestation has been the premier concern in discussions about Amazonia, this article focuses instead on the human dimensions of development and the apparent failings of social policy in the region. In so doing, the article argues that what we observe today represents the consequence of conflicting development strategies, brought about by shifting national priorities that were influenced, in part, by international pressures. The article makes this argument by first presenting an overview of development strategies pursued since the mid-twentieth century, followed by a description of shifting national priorities linked to pressures from the international community regarding indigenous rights and environmental concern. Finally, this article presents a GISbased case study focused on the state of Pará, demonstrating the spatial articulation of contradictory policies and showing the overlap and conflict between competing interests. These spaces of conflict are supported by actual accounts of disputes at the local level.

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Below the line: Poverty in Latin America

Cited by 33 publications

References 33 publications

A Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America

A Multidimensional Poverty Index for Latin America

Stabilization and Adjustment in Latin America: A Neostructuralist Perspective

The Local Articulation of Policy Conflict: Land Use, Environment, and Amerindian Rights in Eastern Amazonia

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