Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America: The Story of the 1980s

by George Psacharopoulos, Samuel Morley, Ariel Fiszbein

"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.

307 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997