Poverty Reduction And Human Development In The Caribbean

Author : Judy L. Baker
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821339702

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Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Caribbean by Judy L. Baker Pdf

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 366.Despite impressive success in improving living conditions in many Caribbean countries, poverty still persists throughout the region. This study seeks to improve our understanding of poverty in the Caribbean and the current efforts to address it. It analyzes the causes and characteristics of poverty in 15 Caribbean countries and reviews the experiences with the poverty and alleviation efforts that countries have pursued. Prepared for the 1996 meeting of the Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development, this report provides recommendations on how macroeconomic and social policies can be further oriented to reduce poverty and promote human resource development.

Author : Norman Girvan
Publisher : Canoe Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9768125365

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Poverty, Empowerment and Social Development in the Caribbean by Norman Girvan Pdf

Author : Juliet Melville
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 9789766372781

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A New Perspective on Poverty in the Caribbean by Juliet Melville Pdf

A New Perspective on Poverty in the Caribbean reflects on the current approaches to the challenge of poverty reduction in the context of the findings of the qualitative and quantitative analyses and identifies some critical ingredients for successful poverty-reduction interventions around which a regional consensus could be built. The role and nature of participation, the policy environment for social services delivery are considered along with specific poverty reduction interventions and the general approach to poverty reduction in the Caribbean.

Author : Louise Cord,MarÃa Genoni,Carlos RodrÃguez-Castelán
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464803581

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Shared Prosperity and Poverty Eradication in Latin America and the Caribbean by Louise Cord,MarÃa Genoni,Carlos RodrÃguez-Castelán Pdf

Over the last decade Latin America and the Caribbean region has achieved important progress towards the World Bank Group's goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting income growth of the bottom 40 percent, propelled by remarkable economic growth and falling income inequality. Despite this impressive performance, social progress has not been uniform over this period, and certain countries, subregions and even socioeconomic groups participated less in the growth process. As of today, more than 75 million people still live in extreme poverty in the region (using $2.50/day/capita), half of them in Brazil and Mexico, and extreme poverty rates top 40 percent in Guatemala and reach nearly 60 percent in Haiti. This means that extreme poverty is still an important issue in both low- and middle-income countries in the region. As growth wanes and progress in reducing the still high levels of inequality in the region slows, it will be more important than ever for governments to focus policies on inclusive growth. The book includes an overview that highlights progress towards the goals of poverty eradication and shared prosperity between 2003 and 2012, unpacks recent gains at the household level using an income-based asset model, and examines some of the policy levers used to affect social outcomes in the region. It draws on 13 country studies, eight of which are featured in this volume: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. The other case studies include: Bolivia, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Honduras, which will be included in the web version of the book.

Author : Ariel Fiszbein,Pamela Lowden
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821343394

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Working Together for a Change by Ariel Fiszbein,Pamela Lowden Pdf

The Economic Development Institute (EDI), in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-American Foundation, launched the Partnerships for Poverty Reduction program in six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean—as part of the Bank's Mission "to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results." The program sought to promote the adoption of an approach to poverty reduction that relies on partnerships among local, regional, and central governments, other public sector agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private sector companies and other civic organizations. This publication is a result of these collaborative efforts. It contains a powerful message about partnerships with the state, civil society and business: these partnerships have the potential of becoming the basis of an approach to poverty reduction that replaces old and failed paradigms in the region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821365120

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Poverty Reduction and Growth by Anonim Pdf

"That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for pro-poor growth. What is less well explored is the reverse channel: that poverty may, in fact, be part of the reason for a country's poor growth performance. This more elabborated view of the development process opens the door to the existence of vicious circles in which low growth results in high poverty and high poverty in turn results in low growth. Poverty Reduction and Growth is about the existence of these vicious circles in Latin America and the Caribbean about the ways and means to convert them into virtuous circles in which poverty reduction and high growth reinforce each other. Through its analysis of fresh data and the attention it pays to issues such as the persistent inequality in the region, the role played by various microdeterminants of income, and the potential existence of human capital underinvestment traps, this title should be a valuable contribution to the current regional debate on poverty and growth, a debate that is critical to the design of policies conducive to enhancing welfare in all is dimensions among the poor of Latin America and the Caribbean."

Author : Dorte Verner
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821383787

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Reducing Poverty, Protecting Livelihoods, and Building Assets in a Changing Climate by Dorte Verner Pdf

Climate change is the defining development challenge of our time. More than a global environmental issue, climate change and variability threaten to reverse recent progress in poverty reduction and economic growth. Both now and over the long run, climate change and variability threatens human and social development by restricting the fulfillment of human potential and by disempowering people and communities in reducing their livelihoods options. Communities across Latin America and the Caribbean are already experiencing adverse consequences from climate change and variability. Precipitation has increased in the southeastern part of South America, and now often comes in the form of sudden deluges, leading to flooding and soil erosion that endanger people s lives and livelihoods. Southwestern parts of South America and western Central America are seeing a decrease in precipitation and an increase in droughts. Increasing heat and drought in Northeast Brazil threaten the livelihoods of already-marginal smallholders, and may turn parts of the eastern Amazon rainforest into savannah. The Andean inter-tropical glaciers are shrinking and expected to disappear altogether within the next 20-40 years, with significant consequences for water availability. These environmental changes will impact local livelihoods in unprecedented ways. Poverty, inequality, water access, health, and migration are and will be measurably affected by climate change. Using an innovative research methodology, this study finds quantitative evidence of large variations in impacts across regions. Many already poor regions are becoming poorer; traditional livelihoods are being challenged in unprecedented ways; water scarcity is increasing, particularly in poor arid areas; human health is deteriorating; and climate-induced migration is already taking place and may increase. Successfully reducing social vulnerability to climate change and variability requires action and commitment at multiple levels. This volume offers key operational recommendations at the government, community, and household levels with particular emphasis placed on enhancing good governance and technical capacity in the public sector, building social capital in local communities, and protecting the asset base of poor households.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781451810936

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Dominica by International Monetary Fund Pdf

The Growth and Social Protection Strategy (GSPS) attaches great importance to the promotion of economic growth and job creation, given the nature of poverty in Dominica. The GSPS also stresses that existing health and education programs are essential to foster growth in the medium and long terms, but further efforts are needed. The GSPS contains a macroeconomic framework that is consistent with the proposed objectives of poverty reduction. The growth and fiscal targets envisaged in the macroeconomic framework are also consistent with the objective of maintaining public debt sustainability.

Author : Margaret Grosh,Maurizio Bussolo,Samuel Freije
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781464802430

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Understanding the Poverty Impact of the Global Financial Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean by Margaret Grosh,Maurizio Bussolo,Samuel Freije Pdf

Using data from household and labor force surveys, this study documents the effects of the 2008–09 global financial crisis on poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, the social protection policy responses activated, and a macro-micro modeling of crisis/no-crisis scenarios for Mexico and Brazil.

Author : Quentin Wodon,Robert L. Ayres
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821347543

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Poverty and Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean by Quentin Wodon,Robert L. Ayres Pdf

Although the progress toward poverty reduction remains sluggish, other dimensions of social welfare in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region show signs of improvement. Adult literacy and school enrollment rates, life expectancy at birth, and the amount of access to safe water are increasing. Nutrition indicators are also improving. However, other factors demonstrate that many problems persist, especially the inequality between rich and poor. This report analyzes the evolution of poverty and inequality in the LAC region from 1986 to 1996 with projections to 1998. It reviews the policies which have been advocated or implemented to reduce poverty. The report combines the results of new empirical work using household surveys from 12 countries, short theoretical developments, and a review of the literature on issues related to poverty, inequality, and social policy in LAC. Some of the theoretical developments introduce new research techniques. Chapters three to six follow the framework proposed in the forthcoming 'World Development Report 2000-2001'. The framework identifies three essential elements for poverty reduction. Those elements include opportunities for the poor and investments in the human capital of the poor, security through social safety nets, and empowerment.

Author : Renos Vakis,Jamele Rigolini,Leonardo Lucchetti
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464806612

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Left Behind by Renos Vakis,Jamele Rigolini,Leonardo Lucchetti Pdf

One out of every five Latin Americans or around 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. Left Behind: Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean takes a closer look at the region’s entrenched poor, who and where they are, and how existing policies need to change in order to effectively assist them. The book shows significant variations of rates of chronic poverty both across and within countries. Within a single country, some regions show incidence rates up to eight times higher than the lowest. Despite the higher rates of chronic poverty in rural areas, chronic poverty is as much an urban as a rural issue. In fact, considering absolute numbers, urban areas in many countries, including Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican Republic, have more chronic poor than rural areas. Undoubtedly the region has come a long way during the decade in terms of poverty reduction, guided by a mix of sustained growth and increased levels in amounts and quality of public spending and programs targeted directly or indirectly to the chronic poor. While improving endowments and the context where the chronic poor live is a necessary condition going forward, the decade’s experience suggests that it may not be enough to reach the chronic poor. 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. Equally important though, there is an urgent need to adapt programs to directly address the psychological toll of chronic poverty on people’s mindset and aspirations, which currently undermines the effectiveness of the existing policy efforts.

Author : Ken I. Boodhoo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : OCLC:248348620

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Economic and Human Development in the Caribbean Basin by Ken I. Boodhoo Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Santiago, Chile : United Nations
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : UCSD:31822034305425

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The Millennium Development Goals by Anonim Pdf

This publication examines the progress made on development issues and related challenges in the Latin American and Caribbean region five years after the Millennium Development Goals and associated targets were agreed by the international community. Focusing on the key theme of inequality, seven chapters consider the following issues: combating poverty and hunger; access to educational opportunities as a pillar of human development; gender equality and women's empowerment; health-related targets; ensuring environmental sustainability; financing aspects of the MDGs and international development assistance.

Author : Asha Kambon,Gabrielle Henderson
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9211216745

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Exploring Policy Linkages Between Poverty, Crime and Violence by Asha Kambon,Gabrielle Henderson Pdf

The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and categorisation of crime, violence and poverty including a brief discussion of some of the key challenges with measurement. An analysis of crime trends for the period 1996 to 2006 and the incidence of poverty in the countries under review for a similar period is presented. The following section explores the literature which discusses the links between poverty, crime and violence and includes a discussion on the risk factors for crime and violence including the impact of inequality and relative deprivation on levels of crime and violence. The publication also presents findings of a very preliminary study based on a self administered questionnaire and it concludes with recommendations for further research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Human Development Report
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780195119961

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Human Development Report 1997 by Anonim Pdf