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This paper joins in the debate on the size of the middle class in Latin America, providing an analysis of its structure and characteristics. Using several measurements, it finds that 40-60 percent of Latin American households are middle class, a share which has consolidated over the past decade....
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growth and in the reduction of poverty and inequality over the past decade. An assessment of the recent past and current …The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in … sustaining its gains on reducing poverty and enhancing shared prosperity over the next years. It will analyze the dynamics behind …
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communities' use of new technologies in rural Bolivia, the study concludes that enhancing poor people's informational capabilities …
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poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
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living in poverty. Households with a beneficiary increased their level of consumption by 44 percent. The program improved …
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speed up the decline in inequality levels and reduce poverty. This study presents an exhaustive and comprehensive analysis …Colombia has reduced extreme poverty in the past 16 years by almost half, moderate poverty by 22 percentage points, and … made more than four million Colombians jump the threshold of multidimensional poverty. However, it remains one of the most …
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Fiscal policy is central to not only macroeconomic stability and growth, but also to poverty and inequality reduction … Turkey's achievements against peer countries. The results show that fiscal policy significantly reduces income inequality in … countervail the inequality-increasing impact of indirect taxes. At the bottom of the income distribution, targeted transfers are …
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