Poverty Reduction and Growth : Virtuous and Vicious Circles

Poverty Reduction and Growth is about the existence of these vicious circles in Latin America and the Caribbean about the ways and means to convert them into virtuous circles in which poverty reduction and high growth reinforce each other. This publication is organized as follows: Chapter 1: From vicious to virtuous circle; Chapter 2: Dimensions of well-being, channels to growth; Chapter 3: How did we get here? Chapter 4: The relative roles of growth and inequality for poverty reduction; Chapter 5: Pro-poor growth in Latin America; Chapter 6: Does poverty matter for growth? Chapter 7: Subnational dimensions of growth and poverty; Chapter 8: Microdeterminants of incomes: labor markets, poverty, and traps?; and Chapter 9: Breaking the cycle of underinvestment in human capital in Latin America.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Perry, Guillermo E., Arias, Omar S., López, J. Humberto, Maloney, William F., Servén, Luis
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2006
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES, ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, ADVERSE IMPACTS, AGED WORKERS, AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT, AVERAGE PRODUCTIVITY, CAREERS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, COMPETITIVENESS, DECISION MAKING, DISCOURAGED WORKERS, DISCUSSIONS, DISMISSAL, DISMISSALS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC INSECURITY, ECONOMIC SITUATION, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, ELASTICITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS, EMPLOYMENT GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION, EMPLOYMENT RATE, EXPORTS, FIRING, FIRING COST, FIRING COSTS, FIRING RESTRICTIONS, FIRM LEVEL, FOREIGN COMPETITION, GDP, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HIRING, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INCOME SECURITY, INDIGENOUS WORKERS, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, INFLATION RATES, INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT, INFORMAL LABOR MARKET, INFORMAL SECTOR, INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS, JOB CREATION, JOB DESTRUCTION, JOB SEARCH, JOB TRAINING, JOBLESS GROWTH, JOBS, LABOR CODES, LABOR CONTRACT, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR LEGISLATION, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET INDICATORS, LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR MARKET POLICY, LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR ORGANIZATION, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LABOR REGULATION, LABOR REGULATIONS, LABOR TURNOVER, LATIN AMERICAN, LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT, MARGINAL PRODUCT, MEDICAL CARE, MINIMUM WAGE, MINIMUM WAGES, MORAL HAZARD, MORTALITY, NET EMPLOYMENT, NON-WAGE COSTS, OPEN ECONOMIES, OPPORTUNITY COST, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRIMARY SOURCE, PRIVATE SERVICES, PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS, PRODUCTIVITY GAINS, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES, PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS, PROTECTING WORKERS, REAL WAGES, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SALARIED EMPLOYMENT, SALARIED WORKERS, SELF EMPLOYED, SELF EMPLOYED WORKERS, SELF EMPLOYMENT, SEVERANCE PAYMENTS, SKILL ACCUMULATION, SMALL BUSINESS, SOCIAL PROTECTION,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/01/6616708/poverty-reduction-growth-virtuous-vicious-circles http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6997
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