Poverty and income distribution in Latin America : the story of the 1980s / George Psacharopoulos ... [et al.]. - Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c1997. - xii, 307 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-307).

"Highly empirical analysis documents increase in poverty and worsening of income distribution during 1980s. Demonstrates that low levels of education increase incidence of poverty and income inequality. Data provided for individual countries. Valuable data reference source"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

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Poverty--Latin America
Income distribution--Latin America
Poverty--Caribbean Area
Income distribution--Caribbean Area

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