Publications
You can download an electronic version of most of these documents. To order hard copies of these publications, please send an e-mail to povunit@iadb.org; or mail to: Poverty and Inequality Unit, Mail Stop E-421, Inter-American Development Bank, 1300 New York Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20577, USA; or by fax at (202) 623-3299. Please specify title, quantity, language and complete shipping address.
Recent Publications
- Financial Services and Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
- The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress, Priorities and IDB Support for their Implementation
- Political Consensus Building: The Brasilia International Conference on the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
- The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean. Challenges, Actions, and Commitments
- Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil
Best Practices
- Guidelines for Poverty Targeted Investments Classification of IDB Operations
By SDS/POV (03/98, POV, En)
- How Early Childhood Intervention Can Reduce Inequality: An Overview of Recent Findings
By Ruthanne Deutsch (02/99, POV-105, En)
Books and Magazines
- Financial Services and Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
By César Bouillon, Pietro Masci, Luis Tejerina (12/06, En)
- Political Consensus Building: The Brasilia International Conference on the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
By SDS (05/04, POV, En, Es)
- The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean. Challenges, Actions, and Commitments
By SDS (01/04, SDS, En, Es)
- The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress, Priorities and IDB Support for their Implementation
(09/05, En)
Newsletters
- Equidad, March 2001, Vol 2, No 1
(03/01, POV, En)
Strategies and Policies
- A Strategy for Poverty Reduction
(03/97, SOC-103, En, Es)
- Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity. Strategy Document
By SDS (07/03, GN-1894-7, En, Es)
- Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity: Report on Activities in the Year 2000 and an Action Plan in Areas of Special Emphasis
By Poverty and Inequality Unit (11/01, En, Es)
- Reducing Poverty and Social Inequity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The IDB in Action
By Poverty and Inequality Unit (11/01, En, Es)
- The Use of Social Investment Funds as an Instrument for Combating Poverty
By Poverty and Inequality Unit (12/98, POV-104, En, Es)
- Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean.
By SDS (12/03, SDS, En, Es)
Technical Studies
- Appraising Workfare Programs
By Martin Ravallion (09/98, POV-102, En, Es)
- Characterization of inequality changes through microeconometric decompositions: The case of Greater Buenos Aires
By Leonardo Gasparini, Mariana Marchionni, Walter Sosa Escudero (01/02, En)
- Crises and the Poor: Socially Responsible Macroeconomics
By Nora Lustig (02/00, POV-108, En, Es)
- Distribution, Development, and Education in Taiwan, 1979?94
By African Development Bank, François Bourguignon, François Bourguignon, Martin Fournier, Mark Gurgand (01/01, En, Es)
- Economic and Social Effects of El Niño in Ecuador
By Rob Vos, Margarita Velasco, Edgar de Labastida (12/99, POV-107, En)
- Equalizing Opportunities for Human Development (in One Country)
By John E. Roemer (03/00, POV-106, En)
- Inequality and Mexico?s labor market after trade reform
By César Bouillon (01/02, En, Es)
- LACEA/IDB/World Bank Network on Inequality and Poverty First Meeting Proceedings
(10/98, POV, En)
- México: Evolución económica, pobreza y desigualdad
By Nora Lustig, Miguel Székely (12/97, POV-103, Es)
- Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth: A Two-Way Causality
By Jamele Rigolini, Omar Arias, Nora Lustig (03/02, POV-111, En, Es)
- Poverty and the Employment Problem in Argentina
By Gustavo Márquez, Samuel A. Morley (03/97, SOC97-103)
- Poverty and the Labor Market in Venezuela 1982-1995
By Gustavo Márquez, Carola Alvarez (12/96, SOC, En)
- Reducción de la pobreza y fortalecimiento del capital social y la participación
By Gustavo Yamada (09/01, POV, En, Es)
- Roundtable with Representatives of Nordic Governments
(01/02, En)
- The Inter-American Development Bank and Poverty Reduction: An Overview (Revised Version)
By Ruthanne Deutsch, Nora Lustig (03/98, POV-101r, En, Es)
- The Microeconomics of Changing Income Distribution in Malaysia
By Gary Fields, Sergei Soares (02/02, En, Es)
- The Path Out of Poverty
By Inter-American Development Bank (04/98, SDS, En, Es)
Working Papers
- An Economic Interpretation of Colombia's SISBEN: A Composite Welfare Index Derived from the Optimal Scaling Algorithm
By Eduardo Vélez, Elkin Castaño, Ruthanne Deutsch (11/98, En)
- An Inventory of Poverty Lines for Latin America and the Caribbean: 1985-1997
By José Antonio Mejía (10/98, En, Es)
- Brown Bag Seminar Papers prepared for the Poverty and Inequality Advisory Unit
By Poverty and Inequality Unit (05/99, POV, En)
- Can Education Explain Changes in Income Inequality in Mexico?
By César Bouillon, Arianna Legovini, Nora Lustig (12/01, POV, En)
- Climbing a Moving Mountain: Explaining the Decline in Income Inequality in Brazil from 1976 to 1996
By Francisco H.G. Ferreira , Ricardo Paes de Barros (10/98, En)
- Economic Shocks, Inequality and Poverty: the Need for Safety Nets
By Nora Lustig (06/98, En)
- Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil
By Omar Arias, Omar Arias, Gustavo Yamada, Luis Tejerina (10/03, POV, En, Es)
- Good Practices in Poverty Targeting in IDB Projects in 1997
By Ruthanne Deutsch (12/98, POV, En)
- Latin American Crisis and Social Costs: What Lessons for Asia?
By Nora Lustig, Michael Walton (03/98, En)
- Rising Inequality in Mexico: Returns to Household Characteristics
By César Bouillon, Arianna Legovini, Nora Lustig (10/98, POV, En)
- Social Safety Nets in Response to Crisis: Lessons and Guidelines from Asia and Latin America
By Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Asian Development Bank (02/01, En, Es)
- Targeting Methods for Social Programs (Poverty and Inequality Technical Notes #1)
By Arianna Legovini (04/99, POV, En)
- The US Fiscal System as an Opportunity Equalizing Device
By Marianne Page, John E. Roemer (08/98, POV, En)
- Why is Inequality Back on the Agenda?
By Ravi Kanbur, Nora Lustig (04/99, En)
Last updated: 04/26/07
