Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis

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 differen...

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Main Authors: Skoufias, Emmanuel, Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Format: Other Rural Study
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
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topic ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS TO MARKETS
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BASIC NEEDS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FLOWS
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE
CONFLICT
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
CREDIT MARKETS
CULTURAL VALUES
DATA ISSUES
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
DEPENDENCY RATIOS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISSEMINATION
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC STAGNATION
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATED WORKERS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
ETHNIC GROUP
EXPENDITURE
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY WELFARE
FARMING ACTIVITIES
FORMAL EDUCATION
GINI INDEX
GROWTH DETERMINANTS
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH POVERTY
HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS
HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL ECONOMY
LONG RUN
MARKET FAILURES
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION FLOWS
MINORITY
MINORITY ETHNIC GROUP
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITION
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POOR
POOR AREA
POOR AREAS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POORER AREAS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION CONCENTRATION
POPULATION DENSITY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY PROFILES
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC CREDITS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
REGIONAL INEQUALITY
REGIONAL INITIATIVES
REMITTANCES
REMOTE AREAS
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL DISPARITIES
RURAL DIVIDE
RURAL DWELLERS
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY LEVELS
RURAL POVERTY RATE
RURAL POVERTY RATES
RURAL REGIONS
RURAL SETTINGS
RURAL WELFARE
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SCHOOLING
SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SKILLED MIGRANTS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CUSTOMS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SPOUSE
TARGETING
TAX INCENTIVES
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
TOLERANCE
TRANSPORTATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREA
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTER
URBAN DWELLERS
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES
URBANIZATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE PREMIUM
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
YOUNG PEOPLE
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE POVERTY
ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE
ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCESS TO MARKETS
BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE
BASIC NEEDS
CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
CAPITAL FLOWS
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM
CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS
CASH TRANSFERS
COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE
CONFLICT
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA
CREDIT MARKETS
CULTURAL VALUES
DATA ISSUES
DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION
DEPENDENCY RATIOS
DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
DEVELOPMENT REPORT
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DISCRIMINATION
DISSEMINATION
EARNINGS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
ECONOMIC STAGNATION
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
EDUCATED WORKERS
EDUCATION LEVEL
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES
EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
ETHNIC GROUP
EXPENDITURE
EXTREME POVERTY
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FAMILY WELFARE
FARMING ACTIVITIES
FORMAL EDUCATION
GINI INDEX
GROWTH DETERMINANTS
GROWTH PROSPECTS
GROWTH RATE
HEADCOUNT POVERTY
HEALTH CENTERS
HEALTH SERVICES
HIGH POVERTY
HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS
HOUSEHOLD BUDGET
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HOUSING
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS
HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
IMMIGRATION
IMPACT OF MIGRATION
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INDUSTRIALIZATION
INEQUALITY
INSURANCE
INTERNAL MIGRANTS
INTERNAL MIGRATION
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MOBILITY
LEGAL STATUS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LIVING CONDITIONS
LIVING STANDARDS
LOCAL ECONOMY
LONG RUN
MARKET FAILURES
MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY
MIGRANT
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION FLOWS
MINORITY
MINORITY ETHNIC GROUP
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATIONAL POVERTY
NATIONAL POVERTY LINES
NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL
NUMBER OF PEOPLE
NUTRITION
PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE
PLACE OF RESIDENCE
POLICY DEBATE
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POOR
POOR AREA
POOR AREAS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR PEOPLE
POORER AREAS
POORER HOUSEHOLDS
POPULATION CONCENTRATION
POPULATION DENSITY
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ASSESSMENTS
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY PROFILES
POVERTY RATES
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROGRESS
PUBLIC CREDITS
PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC SERVICES
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
REGIONAL DISPARITIES
REGIONAL INEQUALITIES
REGIONAL INEQUALITY
REGIONAL INITIATIVES
REMITTANCES
REMOTE AREAS
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL DISPARITIES
RURAL DIVIDE
RURAL DWELLERS
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL POVERTY LEVELS
RURAL POVERTY RATE
RURAL POVERTY RATES
RURAL REGIONS
RURAL SETTINGS
RURAL WELFARE
SANITATION
SAVINGS
SCHOOLING
SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
SKILLED MIGRANTS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL CUSTOMS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INEQUALITY
SOCIAL NETWORK
SOCIAL NETWORKS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SPOUSE
TARGETING
TAX INCENTIVES
TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT
TOLERANCE
TRANSPORTATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN AREA
URBAN AREAS
URBAN CENTER
URBAN DWELLERS
URBAN POVERTY
URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES
URBANIZATION
WAGE DIFFERENTIAL
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE PREMIUM
WELFARE DISTRIBUTION
YOUNG PEOPLE
Skoufias, Emmanuel
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
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description 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.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study
author Skoufias, Emmanuel
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_facet Skoufias, Emmanuel
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys
author_sort Skoufias, Emmanuel
title Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis
title_short Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis
title_full Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis
title_fullStr Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis
title_full_unstemmed Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis
title_sort latin america - determinants of regional welfare disparities within latin american countries : synthesis
publisher World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20090608233721
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3048
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spelling okr-10986-30482021-04-23T14:02:06Z Latin America - Determinants of Regional Welfare Disparities within Latin American Countries : Synthesis Skoufias, Emmanuel Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ABSOLUTE POVERTY ABSOLUTE POVERTY LINE ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO MARKETS BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BASIC NEEDS CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL FLOWS CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS COMMUNITIES OF ORIGIN COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE CONFLICT CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA CREDIT MARKETS CULTURAL VALUES DATA ISSUES DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION DEPENDENCY RATIOS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISCRIMINATION DISSEMINATION EARNINGS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC STAGNATION ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS ETHNIC GROUP EXPENDITURE EXTREME POVERTY FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY WELFARE FARMING ACTIVITIES FORMAL EDUCATION GINI INDEX GROWTH DETERMINANTS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATE HEADCOUNT POVERTY HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH SERVICES HIGH POVERTY HIGHER EDUCATION LEVELS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS IMMIGRATION IMPACT OF MIGRATION INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY INSURANCE INTERNAL MIGRANTS INTERNAL MIGRATION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR MOBILITY LEGAL STATUS LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL ECONOMY LONG RUN MARKET FAILURES MEASUREMENT OF POVERTY MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION FLOWS MINORITY MINORITY ETHNIC GROUP MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL POVERTY NATIONAL POVERTY LINES NEOCLASSICAL GROWTH MODEL NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PLACE OF RESIDENCE POLICY DEBATE POLICY IMPLICATIONS POOR POOR AREA POOR AREAS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POORER AREAS POORER HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION CONCENTRATION POPULATION DENSITY POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ASSESSMENTS POVERTY LINE POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRESS PUBLIC CREDITS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGIONAL DISPARITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITIES REGIONAL INEQUALITY REGIONAL INITIATIVES REMITTANCES REMOTE AREAS RURAL RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL DISPARITIES RURAL DIVIDE RURAL DWELLERS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY LEVELS RURAL POVERTY RATE RURAL POVERTY RATES RURAL REGIONS RURAL SETTINGS RURAL WELFARE SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOLING SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY SIGNIFICANT EFFECT SKILLED MIGRANTS SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL CUSTOMS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INEQUALITY SOCIAL NETWORK SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSE TARGETING TAX INCENTIVES TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT TOLERANCE TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN CENTER URBAN DWELLERS URBAN POVERTY URBAN-RURAL DISPARITIES URBANIZATION WAGE DIFFERENTIAL WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE PREMIUM WELFARE DISTRIBUTION YOUNG PEOPLE 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. 2012-03-19T17:23:14Z 2012-03-19T17:23:14Z 2009-05-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333038_20090608233721 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3048 English 2923 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Other Rural Study Latin America & Caribbean