Inequality in Latin America :  breaking with history? / 
David de Ferranti,Guillermo E.Perry,Francisco H.G Ferreira, Michael Walton. 
 - xii, 380 pages :  illustrations ;  28 cm. 
 - World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies.  Viewpoints .
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<br/><br/>Introduction : motivation and conceptual framework -- Different lives : inequality in Latin America -- Group-based inequalities : the roles of race, ethnicity, and gender -- Historical roots of inequality in Latin America -- State-society interactions as sources of persistence and change in inequality -- Economic mechanisms for the persistence of high inequality in Latin America -- Policies on assets and services -- Policies on markets and institutions -- Taxation, public expenditures, and transfers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0821356658 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Equality--Latin America<br/>Equality--Caribbean Area
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--1945-<br/>Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-<br/>Caribbean Area--Social conditions--1945-<br/>Latin America--Social conditions--1982-
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN110.5.Z9  / S646 2004