Poverty and inequality in Latin America : the impact of adjustment and recovery in the 1980s / by Morley, Samuel A

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- 1 A Comparison of Macroeconomic Performance and Policy -- 2 Changes in Income Distribution and Poverty -- 3 Social Indicators and Social Expenditures -- 4 Case Studies: Poverty and Adjustment in Argentina and Venezuela -- 5 Case Studies: Successful Adjustment in Colombia and Costa Rica -- 6 Determinants of Changes in Poverty -- 7 Emerging from the Crisis: Adjustment and Reform after 1990 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References (starting p. 211) -- Index.…”