Neste trabalho sao investigados os principais determinantes associados ao nivel agregado de bem-estar na America Latina. Os autores procuram identificar nao so as causas que fazem com que o nivel de bem-estar na regiao seja menor do que aquele observado nas economias industrializadas, como...

Since the late 1980s, almost all Latin American countries have undergone a series of far-reaching economic reforms, particularly in the areas of financial and capital account liberalization and trade. This book provides a comparative and analytical framework for assessing the impact of these...

Over the past decade, faster growth and smarter social policy have reversed the trend in Latin America's poverty. Too slowly and insufficiently, but undeniably, the percentage of Latinos who are poor has at long last begun to fall. This has shifted the political and policy debates from poverty...