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Inequality in Latin America


The Complexities of Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Latin America and the Caribbean is the world's most unequal region. The 10% highest earners make on average 12 times more than the poorest ...

Trapped? Inequality and Economic Growth in Latin America and the ...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a region in a high-inequality low-growth trap. Despite decades of progress, the region remains the second most ...

Latin America's Inequality Is Taking a Toll on Governance

Political unrest is posing a threat to governance and stability across Latin America—and its roots can be partly traced to extreme inequality.

The Changing Picture of Inequality in Latin America: Evidence for ...

In a recent paper we document the main patterns and trends of inequality in income and other relevant variables such as earnings, education, housing and access ...

Inequality and social unrest in Latin America: The Tocqueville ...

In this post, we want to comment more narrowly on two commonly proposed hypotheses linking inequality – or income distribution more generally – to the protests ...

Gini concentration index according to geographic area - CepalStat

Between 2010 and 2020, income inequality, measured by the Gini index, fell 4.9% for the average of Latin American countries (simple average), ...

Wealth inequality in Latin America - Wikipedia

According to the ECLAC, Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. ... Inequality is undermining the region's economic potential and the well-being of ...

Why is Latin American inequality so high? - INET Oxford

In fact, in Colombia this poorer 50% own close to none of the nation's wealth. While household surveys are only available for four countries, ...

Inequality in Latin America : breaking with history (English)

With the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the regions of the world with the greatest inequality.

Most unequal Latin America countries by Gini coefficient - Statista

Based on the degree of inequality in income distribution measured by the Gini coefficient, Brazil was the most unequal country in Latin ...

Wealth Inequality in Latin America - Publications

How much wealth has accumulated in the region and how is it distributed across households? Despite being widely recognized for its extreme income inequality ...

Forever unequal? Mould-breaking strategies to reduce inequality in ...

In Latin America, the richest 10% of people capture 54% of the national income, making it one of the most unequal regions in the world.

Inequality in Latin America: a global measurement - CEPAL

This drop in global inequality is explained essentially by the reduction of inequality within Latin American countries. The incomes of the inhabitants of Latin ...

What is Behind Latin America's Declining Income Inequality?

However, Latin America remains the most unequal region in the world. This study documents the declining trend in income inequality in Latin America and proposes ...

Inequality in Latin America: Marcela Eslava, Santiago Levy, and Ana ...

This episode features Marcela Eslava, Santiago Levy, and Ana de la O on how research can help Latin American policymakers combat inequality.

Income inequality: Gini coefficient in Latin America, 1974 to 2022

The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.

Latin America is the world's most unequal region. Here's how to fix it

Although income inequality has fallen in recent years, Latin America remains the most unequal region in the world. In 2014 the richest 10% of ...

Home | LACIR - LACIR

Latin America and Caribbean Inequality Review (LACIR) is an independent scholarly endeavour created with the aim of understanding why, despite major ...

Politics and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inequalities in landholding and political power originating in the colonial order are at the center of theoretical explanations for the deep roots of inequality ...

The Pink Tide and Income Inequality in Latin America

This study finds evidence that leftist governments lowered income inequality faster than non-leftist regimes, increasing the income share captured by the first ...