Left Behind : Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Author / Creator: Vakis, Renos.
Other Authors / Creators:Rigolini, Jamele.
Lucchetti, Leonardo.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Herndon : World Bank Publications, 2016.
Series:Latin American Development Forum
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- A Successful Decade with Challenges Ahead -- A Framework for Studying Chronic Poverty -- Measuring Chronic Poverty in the Absence of Longitudinal Data -- Five Stylized Facts about Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- From Diagnosis to Policies: Design Elements Supporting the Chronically Poor -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1: The Roaring 2000s and the Left Behind -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: What Is Chronic Poverty and How Is It Measured? -- Conceptual Underpinnings -- The Empirical Challenges of Measuring Chronic Poverty -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Five Facts about Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean -- Stylized Fact 1: One of Five People in Latin America and the Caribbean Lives in Chronic Poverty -- Stylized Fact 2: Chronic Poverty Tends to Be Geographically Concentrated -- Stylized Fact 3: Chronic Poverty Is As Big a Problem in Urban Areas as in Rural Areas -- Stylized Fact 4: Economic Growth Was Not Sufficient to Lift the Chronically Poor out of Poverty -- Stylized Fact 5: The Chronically Poor Have Limited Income Opportunities -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Unraveling the Complexities of Chronic Poverty -- Endowments, the Context, and Chronic Poverty -- State of Mind and the Process of Emerging from Poverty -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: From Diagnosis to Policies: Crafting Coordinated Policies That Reduce Chronic Poverty -- Improving Endowments and the Enabling Context -- Coordinating Poverty-Reduction Efforts -- Recognizing the State of Mind of the Poor in Crafting Policy -- Developing Coordinated Solutions that Address Behavioral Constraints: Social Intermediation Services -- Note -- References -- Appendix -- Index -- A -- B -- C. 
505 8 |a D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Boxes -- 2.1 The framework in practice -- 3.1 Monetary versus nonmonetary measures of chronic poverty -- 4.1 Ethnicity and chronic poverty in rural Guatemala -- 4.2 Connectivity pays off: Reducing poverty in rural Peru -- 4.3 Improving institutions, reducing poverty in Colombia -- 4.4 Does increased public expenditures reduce crime and chronic poverty? Evidence from Mexico -- 4.5 Does poverty cause stress? -- 5.1 Does increased public spending help reduce poverty? Evidence from Peru -- 5.2 Coordinating poverty-reduction efforts in Brazil, Mexico, and Peru -- Figures -- O.1 Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12 -- O.2 From chronic poverty to upward mobility: Inputs and the process of emerging from poverty -- O.3 Chronic poverty and downward mobility in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004-12 -- O.4 Subnational chronic poverty rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.5 Concentration of chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.6 Chronic poverty in rural and urban areas in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.7 Median income in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.8 Number of labor income earners in household in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, by poverty group, 2012 -- O.9 Correlation between chronic poverty and access to services at subnational level in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.10 Role of endowments in explaining income differences between the chronically poor and people who escaped poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.11 Correlation between chronic poverty and expectations in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010. 
505 8 |a O.12 Level of optimism about the next 12 months by the chronically poor, people who escaped poverty, and people who were never poor in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010 -- O.13 Correlation between educational aspirations of children ages 12-15 and their peers in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011 -- O.14 Intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- O.15 Number of new social assistance programs in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-99 and 2000-11 -- 1.1 GDP per capita and income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12 -- 1.2 Poverty, vulnerability, and the middle class in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-12 -- 1.3 Decomposition of changes in poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean by sources of income, 2003-12 -- 2.1 From chronic poverty to upward mobility: Inputs and the process of emerging from poverty -- 3.1 Chronic poverty and downward mobility in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2004-12 -- B3.1.1 Correlation between estimates of chronic poverty and multidimensional poverty in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean -- 3.2 Subnational chronic poverty rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.3 Concentration of chronic poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.4 Chronic poverty in rural and urban areas in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.5 Correlation between per capita GDP growth and chronic poverty in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.6 Initial (2004) income distribution of chronically poor and people who escaped poverty by 2012 in Peru -- 3.7 Median income in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012. 
505 8 |a 3.8 Number of labor income earners in household in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, by poverty group, 2012 -- 3.9 Female labor force participation and chronicity of poverty in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.10 Correlation between chronic poverty and sector of employment in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.11 Correlation between chronic poverty and rate of growth of formal sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 3.12 Correlation between chronic poverty and dependence on nonlabor income in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- B4.1.1 Chronic poverty and ethnicity in rural Guatemala, 2011 -- 4.1 Mean standardized test scores of richest and poorest children in urban and rural areas of five countries in Latin America -- 4.2 Intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 4.3 Correlation between chronic poverty and access to services at subnational level in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- B4.2.1 Effect of mobile phone coverage on poverty in rural Peru -- 4.4 Access to services in rural Guatemala, 2011 -- 4.5 Correlation between chronic poverty and incidence of weather shocks in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 4.6 Location of and food shortages from weather shocks in rural Guatemala, 2011 -- 4.7 Role of endowments in explaining income differences between the chronically poor and people who escaped poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 4.8 Correlation between chronic poverty and expectations in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010 -- 4.9 Level of optimism about next 12 months by the chronically poor, people who escaped poverty, and people who were never poor in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010. 
505 8 |a 4.10 Expectations about next 12 months by the chronically poor in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2010 -- 4.11 Educational aspirations of Peruvian children and their parents -- 4.12 Correlation between educational aspirations of children ages 12-15 and their peers in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011 -- 5.1 Number of new social assistance programs in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1990-99 and 2000-11 -- 5.2 Spending on social assistance in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-10 -- B5.1.1 Median public spending per capita in "improved" and chronically poor districts of Peru -- 5.3 Adherence to treatment for tuberculosis among depressed and nondepressed patients in Peru -- 5.4 Effect of socioeconomic intervention on vaccination against tuberculosis of children in Peru -- 5.5 Effect on income of social interaction with local leaders in Nicaragua -- Map -- 3.1 Chronic poverty in Peru, by district, 2012 -- Tables -- O.1 Movement in and out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2004 and 2012 -- O.2 Characteristics of people in Latin America and the Caribbean who were chronically poor, who escaped poverty, and who were never poor, 2004 -- 2.1 Poverty estimates for Peru based on actual and synthetic panel data, 2004-05 -- 3.1 Movement in and out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2004 and 2012 -- 3.2 Characteristics of the chronically poor in urban and rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012 -- 4.1 Characteristics of people in Latin America and the Caribbean who were chronically poor, who escaped poverty, and who were never poor, 2004 -- 4.2 Population size and remoteness between districts that were never poor, escaped poverty, and were chronically poor in Peru. 
505 8 |a 5.1 Social development and institutional arrangements in Latin America and the Caribbean. 
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