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Left behind

Lucchetti, Leonardo, Vakis, Renos, Rigolini, Jamele

2016

Overview

One out of every five Latin Americans—about 130 million people—have never known anything but poverty, subsisting on less than US$4 a day throughout their lives. These are the region's chronically poor, who have remained so despite unprecedented inroads against poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean since the turn of the century. This book takes a closer look at the region's entrenched poor, who and where they are, and how existing policies need to change to effectively assist the poor. The book shows significant variations of rates of chronic poverty across and within countries. The book posits that refinements to the existing policy toolkit —as opposed to more programs—may come a long way in helping the remaining poor. These refinements include intensifying efforts to improve coordination between different social and economic programs, which can boost the income-generation process and deal with the intergenerational transmission of chronic poverty by investing in early childhood development. In addition, there is an urgent need to adapt programs to directly address the psychological toll of chronic poverty on people's mindsets and aspirations, which currently undermines the effectiveness of existing policy efforts.

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank Group,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: 21st century / ABSOLUTE TERMS / ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY / ACCESS TO SERVICES / AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES / AGRICULTURAL SECTOR / Business & Economics / Caribbean Area / Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions -- 21st century / Caribbean Area -- Economic policy -- 21st century / CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM / CHRONIC POVERTY / CHRONICALLY POOR / CLEAN WATER / CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE / COPING MECHANISMS / CRIME / DRINKING WATER / Economic conditions / ECONOMIC GROWTH / Economic policy / Economics / ELIGIBILITY / ESTIMATES OF POVERTY / EXTREME POVERTY / EXTREME POVERTY LINE / EXTREME POVERTY LINES / GDP / HEALTH INSURANCE / HOUSEHOLD HEADS / HOUSEHOLD SIZE / HOUSEHOLD SURVEY / HUMAN CAPITAL / ILLNESS / INCIDENCE OF POVERTY / INCOME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCOME GENERATION / INCOME GENERATION PROGRAMS / INCOME GROWTH / INCOME INEQUALITY / INSURANCE / Latin America / Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 21st century / Latin America -- Economic policy -- 21st century / LONGITUDINAL DATA / MALNUTRITION / NATURAL DISASTERS / POOR / POOR CHILDREN / POOR FAMILIES / POOR HOUSEHOLD / POOR HOUSEHOLDS / POOR PEOPLE / POOR POPULATION / POOR REGION / POORER REGIONS / Poverty / Poverty -- Caribbean Area / Poverty -- Latin America / POVERTY DYNAMICS / POVERTY ESTIMATES / POVERTY INCIDENCE / POVERTY LINES / POVERTY PERSISTENCE / POVERTY RATE / POVERTY RATES / POVERTY RATIO / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION EFFORTS / POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS / POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES / POVERTY STATUS / POVERTY TRAPS / REDUCTION IN POVERTY / REGIONAL AVERAGE / REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT / REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS / REGIONAL LEVEL / RURAL / RURAL AREAS / RURAL COUNTERPARTS / RURAL POOR / RURAL POVERTY / SAFETY NET / SAFETY NET SYSTEM / SAFETY NETS / SANITATION / SAVINGS / SCHOOL ATTENDANCE / SCHOOLING / SOCIAL ASSISTANCE / SOCIAL POLICIES / SOCIAL PROGRAMS / SOCIAL PROTECTION / SOCIAL SPENDING / SUBSISTENCE / TOTAL POVERTY / TRANSFER PROGRAMS / URBAN POOR
• ISBN: 9781464806605, 1464806616, 1464806608, 9781464806612