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dc.titlePortrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach
dc.contributor.authorAttanasio, Orazio P.
dc.contributor.authorSzékely, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorGray-Molina, George
dc.contributor.authorJiménez, Wilson
dc.contributor.authorPérez de Rada, Ernesto
dc.contributor.authorYáñez, Ernesto
dc.contributor.authorNeri, Marcelo Côrtes
dc.contributor.authorAmadeo, Edward Joaquim
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Alexandre Pinto
dc.contributor.authorContreras, Dante
dc.contributor.authorLarrañaga, Osvaldo
dc.contributor.authorLeibovich, José
dc.contributor.authorNúñez, Jairo
dc.contributor.authorTrejos, Juan Diego
dc.contributor.authorMontiel, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorEscobal, Javier
dc.contributor.authorSaavedra-Chanduví, Jaime
dc.contributor.authorTorero, Máximo
dc.contributor.editorSzékely, Miguel
dc.contributor.editorAttanasio, Orazio P.
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageBrazil
dc.coverageBolivia
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coveragePeru
dc.date.available2011-09-21T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2001-01-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to education, credit and other means to generate income, so they earn lower wages, which in turn prevents them from accumulating the assets they need to increase future income. The authors analyze the ownership and use of income-generating assets, as well as access to them. Where there are market imperfections, they propose policies to ease the constraints faced by the poor in accumulating the human, physical and social capital they need to generate greater income.
dc.format.extent275
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012344
dc.identifier.isbn9781886938977
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Portrait-of-the-Poor-An-Assets-Based-Approach.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectIncome, Consumption and Saving
dc.subjectRural and Urban Development
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectSocial Policy and Protection
dc.subject.keywordspoverty, human capital, Latin America, assets, markets, urban-rural poverty gap
dc.typeBooks
idb.identifier.pubnumberBooks
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