UNU-WIDER The New Policy Model, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from the Last Decade and Prospects for the Future
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The New Policy Model, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from the Last Decade and Prospects for the Future
- Project name/title
- The New Policy Model, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from the Last Decade and Prospects for the Future
- Year:
- 2010
- Theme:
- Economic Policy and Good Governance
- Abstract:
- This project will investigate issues concerning (i) distilling the policy lessons (for Latin America itself and other countries) arising from the 'Open Economy Redistribution With Growth' (OERWG) model developed during the last decade, with particular attention to the gains in the field of growth, inequality and poverty reduction; (ii) test whether the policy shift which followed the transition to democracy and the election of centre-left and other regimes contributed to the growth acceleration and inequality decline of 2002-08; (iii) identify best practice policies in the policy areas illustrated above; (iv) analyse the extent of their distributive and growth effects; (v) assess the future sustainability of OERWG model, given the hurdles Latin American governments still face; (vi) discuss the problems of the OERWG model in the fields of industrial policy and diversification of output-exports towards the technology-intensive manufacturing sector; (vii) examine how Latin America can raise its domestic savings and reduce its costly dependence on volatile foreign savings; (viii) propose an extended version of the OERWG model addressing the structural handicaps still hampering improvements in the field of growth, inequality and poverty reduction in the region.
- Keywords:
- economic crisis, poverty, development, inequality, Latin America
- Contact:
External Project Director:
Giovanni Andrea Cornia, (University of Florence)UNU-WIDER focal point:
Tony Addison, Chief Economist-Deputy Director of UNU-WIDERProject Assistant:
Janis Vehmaan-Kreula- Project Meetings
- Publications:
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- Inequality in Education: Evidence for Latin America
- A New Fiscal Pact, Tax Policy Changes and Income Inequality: Latin America during the last decade
- On the Distributional Implications of Social Protection Reforms in Latin America
- Uruguay’s Income Inequality and Political Regimes during 1981–2010
- WP/2012/010 The Rise and Fall of Income Inequality in Mexico, 1989–2010
- WP/2012/012 Redistribution without Structural Change in Ecuador: Rising and Falling Income Inequality in the 1990s and 2000s
- WP/2012/013 Social Policies or Private Solidarity?: The Equalizing Role of Migration and Remittances in El Salvador
- WP/2012/014 Changes in Labour Market Conditions and Policies: Their Impact on Wage Inequality during the Last Decade
- WP/2012/017 The Dynamics of Inequality Change in a Highly Dualistic Economy: Honduras, 1991–2007
- WP/2012/023 Macroeconomic Policies, Growth, Employment, and Inequality in Latin America
- WP/2012/03 Did Trade Openness Affect Income Distribution in Latin America? Evidence for the years 1980–2010
- WP/2012/04 Policy Regimes, Inequality, Poverty and Growth: The Chilean Experience, 1973-2010
- WP/2012/08 The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in Latin America’s Post-Adjustment Era
- WP/2012/09 Inequality Trends and their Determinants: Latin America over 1990-2010
- WP/2012/48 The Development Implications of External Integration in Latin America
- Content:
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Research Uptake Report 2012—The New Policy Model, Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Evidence from the Last Decade and Prospects for the Future.pdf
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The Income Distribution in Latin America (IDLA) dataset. Please click on the database icon documents which include a brief description, listing of variables and definitions.
IDLA dataset: a tool to analyze recent changes in income inequality in Latin America.
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IDLA dataset in excel format including numerical information.
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IDLA dataset in excel format: a comparison of trends in Gini coefficients derived from different sources.
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