This chapter reviews the empirical evidence on the levels and trends in income/consumption
inequality and poverty in developing countries. It includes a discussion of data sources and …

Many intrinsically related determinants of health and disease exist, including social and
economic status, education, employment, housing, and physical and environmental …

Are mass violence and catastrophes the only forces that can seriously decrease economic
inequality? To judge by thousands of years of history, the answer is yes. Tracing the global …

Están quienes creen que los gobiernos progresistas de principios del siglo XXI en América
Latina representaron un avance socioeconómico indiscutible para masas de personas …

Latin America is attracting increasing interest due to the strong economic performance of the
last decade and to the political changes that are taking place. This book gives a unique …

Siempre me ha interesado la historia y en particular la historia económica. De ella se
extraen importantes experiencias que nos permiten entender mejor la compleja realidad …

Long regarded as a region beset by macroeconomic instability, high inflation, and excessive
poverty and inequality, Latin America has undergone a major transformation over the last 20 …

This chapter documents the pattern of the rise and fall of income inequality in Latin America
and comments on some plausible explanatory factors. After an overview of the regional …

This paper measures trends in global interpersonal inequality during 1975–2010 using data
from the most recent version of the World Income Inequality Database (WIID). The picture …

Objective Despite multiple published studies regarding the association between
formaldehyde exposure and childhood asthma, a consistent association has not been …