Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Country Case Studies

• Tác giả: Emmanuel Skoufias
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 362.9 Historical, geographic, persons treatment
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 298246
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO EDUCATION; 2. ACCESS TO MARKETS; 3. ACCESSIBILITY; 4. ACCOUNTING; 5. AGGLOMERATION EFFECTS

Tóm tắt

 This study analyzes the complicated and dynamic nature of welfare differences across space. The objectives are two-fold. First, the study seeks to provide a methodological framework useful for investigating the determinants of the observed differences in the standards of living between two regions at a given point in time. Second, it aims to provide empirical evidence on regional welfare differences to inform the policy debate surrounding regional inequalities within countries.
- Chapter two sets the stage by presenting the poverty profiles within and between regions in each of the eight countries in study.
- Chapter three reviews the methodology, based on the Oaxaca-Blinder (1973) decomposition method used to asses the relative size of the concentration and geography effect in welfare differences across regions/areas.
- Chapter four reports the findings from various comparisons conducted between urban and rural areas within regions, and urban vs. urban (or rural vs. rural) areas between regions.
- Chapter five focuses on the role of internal migration within Latin America (LAC) countries.
- Chapter six summarizes the available empirical evidence regarding the poverty and welfare impacts of the two most distinct types interventions associated with the concentration and the geography views: conditional cash transfers
  and territorial development strategies.
- Chapter seven summarizes findings and discusses some of their main policy implications.