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The Dynamics of Poverty in Chile
(Cambridge University Press, 2008-05)
This paper uses the 1996–2001 National Socioeconomic Survey panel
database to analyse poverty dynamics in Chile, drawing a distinction between
chronic and transient poverty. We found that while 20 per cent of the ...
Poverty, social sector development and the role of the World Bank
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 1993-06)
This paper summarizes recent trends in poverty in Latin America, and the relationship between poverty and social sector development. It notes that World Bank Lending for social sector development in at the region has ...
An Individual-based Index of Multidimensional Poverty for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
(Routledge, 2021)
This paper proposes a new index of multidimensional
poverty, called the Global Correlation Sensitive Poverty
Index (G-CSPI), which has three interesting features. First, it
encompasses three dimensions: decent work, ...
How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-06)
Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important
changes in political and policy regimes. This paper explores the relationship
between various human capital programs aimed to reduced ...
How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-06)
Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty ...
The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality: Oportunidades in Mexico
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-06)
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico’s Oportunidades program
has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged
children. This paper studies the program’s potential longer-term ...
The longer-term effects of human capital enrichment programs on poverty and inequality: Oportunidades in Mexico
(Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Economía y Negocios, 2011-06)
Previous empirical research has shown that Mexico’s Oportunidades program
has succeeded in increasing schooling and improving health of disadvantaged
children. This paper studies the program’s potential longer-term ...
Poverty traps, economic inequality and delinquent incentives
(Facultad de Ciencias Economicas - Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2013)
This paper explores theoretical linkages between poverty traps, economic inequalityand delinquency in a perfect competition overlapping generations model characterizedby dual legal production sectors and one illegal sector. ...
Conditional cash transfers : empowerment resilience and good behaviours in development policies.
(Soft Power, 2018-01-01)
Empowerment, resilience and poverty reduction strategies seem to be bound by
mutual exclusion. Through poverty reduction and empowerment, people escape poverty and precarization processes by acquiring capabilities that ...
Poverty and human capital in Chile: the processes of subjectivation in conditional cash transfer programs
(SAGE, 2020)
Utilizing Foucault's insights on neoliberalism, his notion of governmentality in relation to the State, and his insights on the processes of subjectivity (2007; 2006) the following article seeks to critically examine Chile's ...