Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

By Alejandro J. Grinspun. 2004

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Infrastructure, growth, and inequality : an overview (2014, background): “More broadly, access to and use of infrastructure services —including telecommunications, electricity, roads, safe water and sanitation— play a key role in the integration of individuals and households into social and economic life (World Bank 2003).”
Inequality and the Evolution of Institutions of Taxation: Evidence from the Economic History of the Americas (2007, background): “For estimates of income inequality in Latin America and extensive treatment of these issues, see De Ferranti et al. (2004). Also see the discussion of the regressivity of tax systems in Latin America, Bird (2003). 11. For example, see Slemrod and Bakija (2001).”
Poverty Reduction and Growth: Virtuous and Vicious Circles (2006, background): “Source: Based on de Ferranti et al. (2003). Note: Deficit is defined by the gap between a country’s actual educational attainment and what is expected from its per capita income.”
Incremental construction: a strategy to facilitate access to housing (2008, background): “De Ferranti, D et al. (2003), “Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean: breaking with history?” Annual Research Report, World Bank, Washington DC.”
The feminization of agriculture? Economic restructuring in rural Latin America (2005, background): “The region has the highest degree of land concentration in the world (Ferranti et al. 2004).”