01127nam a2200205Ia 4500001001100000005001700011008004100028020002200069043002100091050002300112245011500135260004200250300003600292504005700328520035000385650005300735650005200788650004100840650004000881000000052020251012174256.0  961004s1997    dcuab    bs   000 0 eng  a0821338315 (pbk.)  acl-----acc-----00aHC130.P6bP68 199700aPoverty and income distribution in Latin Americabthe story of the 1980scGeorge Psacharopoulos ... [et al.].   aWashington, D.C.bWorld Bankcc1997.   axii, 307 p.bill., mapsc28 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-307). 1 a"Highly empirical analysis documents increase in poverty and worsening of income distribution during 1980s. Demonstrates that low levels of education increase incidence of poverty and income inequality. Data provided for individual countries. Valuable  data reference source"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/ 0aIncome distributionzCaribbean AreaxStatistics. 0aIncome distributionzLatin AmericaxStatistics. 0aPovertyzCaribbean AreaxStatistics. 0aPovertyzLatin AmericaxStatistics.