Asset Inequality Does Matter: Lessons from Latin America

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In light of recent results, the fight against poverty in Latin America has been far from satisfactory. The standard approach of multicultural credit agencies will continue to be limited if it does not stress the central role of the distribution as well as the accumulation of productive assets, especially human capital. After removing fiscal and trade distortions with structural reforms, insufficient levels of human and physical capital accumulation and highly skewed asset distribution are critical growth constraints for Latin America. Policies aimed at reducing inequalities in assets accumulation should be at the center of a new approach for poverty eradication and increased growth in Latin America at the start of the new century.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 344

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Birdsall, Nancy ; Londoño, Juan Luis
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Inter-American Development Bank, Office of the Chief Economist
• (where): Washington, DC
• (when): 1997

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/87886
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET