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| Document Date:
| 2009/05/01 |
| Document Type:
| Other Rural Study |
| Report Number:
| 48795 |
| Volume No:
| 2 of 2 (See all volumes) |
| Country:
| Latin America ; |
| Doc Name:
| Country case studies |
| Keywords:
| access to education, access to markets, accessibility, accounting, agglomeration effects, agricultural production, allocation of resources, babies, Basic infrastructure, basic needs, basic social services, calculation, calculations, cash transfer, cash transfer programs, cash transfers, concentration of people, consumption expenditure, Consumption expenditures, consumption measure, contribution, contributions, counterfactual, credit markets, current income, current incomes, decomposition methodology, decomposition techniques, demographic characteristics, demographic composition, dependency ratio, dissemination, economic activity, economic efficiency, economic growth, Economic Management, economic system, economies of scale, education differentials, education levels, educational attainment, Elementary education, employment opportunities, endowments, equality of opportunity, ethnic groups, expenditure, extreme poverty, family size, fight against poverty, financial interests, food poverty, food poverty line, gender, government interventions, government policies, government programs, head of household, high inequality, Household Budget, Household demographics, household head, household income, household incomes, household savings, household size, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, household surveys, household welfare, human capital, human capital assets, income, income distribution, income gap, income inequality, indigenous peoples, inequalities, inequality, insurance, internal migration, International Bank, investing, labor market, land ownership, land reform, land tenure, landless peasants, legal status, level of development, level of education, levels of consumption, levels of education, limited access, LIVING CONDITIONS, living standards, marital status, market failures, measurement of poverty, migrants, migration, migration flows, minority, national level, National Population, National Population Council, number of adults, number of children, number of people, nutrition, ownership of land, pension, pension system, pensions, peoples, per capita consumption, place of residence, Policy Implications, political influence, POOR, poor families, poor households, POOR PEOPLE, poorer households, poverty alleviation, Poverty Gap, Poverty Headcount Rate, poverty line, poverty lines, poverty profile, poverty rate, poverty rates, Poverty Reduction, Poverty Severity, price index, private property, probability, production workers, productivity, public credits, public goods, public investments, public policy, public services, pull factors, rate of growth, rate of return, rates of return, remittances, remote areas, rents, retired, Rural, rural area, rural areas, rural differences, Rural Disparities, Rural households, Rural Poverty, rural regions, rural sectors, rural settings, rural welfare, savings, schooling, Secondary education, seniors, single person, social cohesion, social concerns, social customs, social justice, social networks, Social Policy, source of income, spatial distribution, spouse, spouses, targeting, teenagers, temporary employment, territorial development, understanding of poverty, urban areas, Urban Poverty, valuable, war, welfare distribution, worth, young adults
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| Language:
| English |
| Major Sector:
| Public Administration, Law, and Justice ; Agriculture, fishing, and forestry ; Industry and trade |
| Rel. Proj ID:
| 6L-Poverty In Lac:Should Policies Focus On Poor Regions And/Or Poo -- P108262 ; |
| Region:
| Latin America & Caribbean ; |
| Rep Title:
| Latin America - Determinants of regional welfare disparities within Latin American countries |
| Sector:
| General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector ; Sub-national government administration ; Agro-industry, marketing, and trade |
| Topics:
| Health, Nutrition and Population ; Poverty Reduction ; Finance and Financial Sector Development |
| SubTopics:
| Access to Finance ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; ; Population Policies |
| Unit Owning:
| Chief Economist (LCRCE) |
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| This study analyzes the complicated and dynamic nature of welfare differences across space. The objectives are two-fold. First, the study seeks to provide a methodological framework useful for investigating the determinants of the observed differences in the standards of living between two regions at a given point in time. Second, it aims to provide empirical evidence on regional welfare differences to inform the policy debate surrounding regional inequalities within countries. Chapter two sets the stage by presenting the poverty profiles within and between regions in each of the eight countries in study. Chapter three reviews the methodology, based on the Oaxaca-Blinder (1973) decomposition method used to asses the relative size of the concentration and geography effect in welfare differences across regions/areas. Chapter four reports the findings from various comparisons conducted between urban and rural areas within regions, and urban vs. urban (or rural vs. rural) areas between regions. Chapter five focuses on the role of internal migration within Latin America (LAC) countries. Chapter six summarizes the available empirical evidence regarding the poverty and welfare impacts of the two most distinct types interventions associated with the concentration and the geography views: conditional cash transfers; and territorial development strategies. Chapter seven summarizes findings and discusses some of their main policy implications. |
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