Goni, Edwin; Lopez, J. Humberto; Serven, Luis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008
Income inequality in Latin America ranks among the highest in the world. It can be traced back to the unequal … distribution of assets (especially land and education) in the region. But the extent to which asset inequality translates into … income inequality depends on the redistributive capacity of the state. This paper documents the performance of Latin American …