Poverty, Income Growth and Inequality in Paraguay During the 1990s Spatial Aspects, Growth Determinants and Inequality Decomposition

The Paraguayan economy did not suffer debt crises in the eighties and had significant growth rates in the second half on the seventies, but poverty remained a problem. Understanding the performance and spatial distribution of poverty and inequality over a period of more than ten years can shed new l...

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Main Author: Otter, Thomas (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2018
Series:Goettinger Studien zur Entwicklungsoekonomik / Goettingen Studies in Development Economics 23
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Summary:The Paraguayan economy did not suffer debt crises in the eighties and had significant growth rates in the second half on the seventies, but poverty remained a problem. Understanding the performance and spatial distribution of poverty and inequality over a period of more than ten years can shed new light on structural causes behind what seems to be a low growth - high poverty - high inequality trap in Paraguay. How did poverty and inequality change during the 1990s. Did inequality reduce income growth? What were the growth determinants and what are the main forces driving inequality changes? These are the questions being answered in this book.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (140 p.)
ISBN:b13889
9783631753675
Access:Open Access