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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. This report... 
Latin America Social conditions | Equality | Caribbean Area Social conditions | Caribbean Area Economic conditions | Latin America Economic conditions | CRIME | LABOR MARKETS | SOCIAL SPENDING | INEQUALITY | ACCESS TO JUDICIAL SYSTEMS | DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES | LAND OWNERSHIP | POOR | ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES | INCOME SHARES | COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT | CITIZENS | DEVELOPED COUNTRIES | GDP | POLITICAL FINANCING | INCOME DISTRIBUTION | ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION | INCOME TRANSFERS | TAXATION | DISPUTE RESOLUTION | INCOME QUINTILES | PRICE CHANGES | POLITICAL LEADERSHIP | ECONOMIC MECHANISMS | ECONOMIC GROWTH | MEAN INCOMES | CASH TRANSFERS | ACCESS TO SAFE WATER | INCOME REDISTRIBUTION | ACCESS TO EDUCATION | POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS | CONCENTRATION COEFFICIENTS | MEAN INCOME | ACCESS TO SECONDARY EDUCATION | HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS | CONFLICT MANAGEMENT | EQUAL COUNTRIES | DISTRIBUTIONAL CONFLICTS | SOCIAL CHANGE | SOCIAL SAFETY NETS ACCESS TO SERVICES | LAND INEQUALITY | SOCIAL CAPITAL | ACCESS TO JUSTICE | SIGNIFICANT IMPACT | PUBLIC SPENDING | INCOME INEQUALITY | PERSONAL INCOME | INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS | ACCOUNTABILITY | INCOME | MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT | LABOR MARKET POLICIES | TAX COMPLIANCE | CRONY | GROUP INEQUALITY | CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK | DEMOCRACY | MEASURING INEQUALITY | POLITICAL EQUILIBRIUM | REAL PER CAPITA INCOME | SOCIAL INCLUSION | REDISTRIBUTION | FOOD POLICY RESEARCH | AGGREGATE INCOME | ELASTICITY OF POVERTY | EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES | LABOR INCOME | PER CAPITA INCOME | RULE OF LAW | INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS | PRIMARY EDUCATION | DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT | ECONOMIC CONDITIONS | LAND USE | INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES | INEQUALITY MEASURES | SOCIAL EXCLUSION | SOCIAL CONDITIONS | MORTALITY RATES | INEQUALITY REDUCTION | INCOME INEQUALITIES | PROGRAMS | SOCIAL ACTION | ACCESS TO LAND | HUMAN RIGHTS | POLICY REFORMS | INCOME ELASTICITY | ACCESS TO COURTS | TAX RATES | ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE | GINI COEFFICIENT | CRONY BIAS | POVERTY REDUCTION | HIGH INEQUALITY | LABOR MARKET | SOCIAL FUNDS | ELASTICITIES | ACCESS TO ENERGY | POVERTY INCIDENCE | FAIRNESS & IMPARTIALITY | HOUSEHOLD INCOME | YOUTH | CRISES | DATA SETS | LABOR FORCE | MACROECONOMIC POLICY | SOCIAL SECURITY | SOCIAL INEQUALITY | ECONOMISTS | POLITICAL INFLUENCE | WAGES | DIFFERENCES IN INCOME | EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | PERSONAL INCOME TAXES | TAX REVENUES | SUBNATIONAL LEVELS | WELL-BEING | REGRESSIVE TRANSFERS | INSURANCE | REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES | ACCESS TO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | HUMAN CAPITAL | ELASTICITY | HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA | PROPERTY RIGHTS | TAX REVENUE | FACTOR ENDOWMENTS | NET INCOME | SOCIAL INEQUITY | CROSS-COUNTRY REGRESSION | NATURAL RESOURCES | WAGE DIFFERENTIALS | WEALTH INEQUALITIES | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES | PUBLIC TRANSFERS | PENSIONS | ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER | UNEMPLOYMENT | POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY | INCOME DIFFERENCES | COUNTRIES MUST | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | UNEQUAL ACCESS | SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS | LITERACY RATES | ACCESS TO WATER SOURCES | TARGETING | PUBLIC OFFICIALS | PUBLIC EXPENDITURES | ACCESS TO CREDIT | POLICY RESEARCH | INCOME GROWTH

Better a Hundred Friends than a Hundred Rubles? is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the... 
Social networks | Kyrgyzstan Social conditions | Poverty | Kyrgyzstan Economic conditions | Social capital (Sociology) | Kyrgyzstan | Social conditions | SAFETY NETS | URBAN POOR | POVERTY ASSESSMENTS | INEQUALITY | LIVING STANDARDS | POOR | POLICY IMPLICATIONS | SOCIAL EXCLUSION | EXTENDED FAMILIES | RESEARCH TEAM | URBAN COMMUNITIES | MARKET ECONOMY | CHARITY | SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC SERVICES | INCOME GENERATION | POVERTY REDUCTION | POVERTY LINE | LABOR MARKET | FORMAL INSTITUTIONS | SOCIAL SAFETY NETS | ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT | SOCIAL PROTECTION | CONFLICT | KINSHIP NETWORKS | INFORMAL NETWORKS | CASE STUDY | NEW POOR | POOR HOUSEHOLDS | RURAL POOR | RURAL AREAS | SOCIAL CAPITAL | COMMUNITY MEMBERS | QUALITATIVE DATA | CIVIL SOCIETY | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | POOR PEOPLE | SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS | INCOME | TRANSITION COUNTRIES | CASE STUDIES | CHARACTER | IMPOVERISHMENT | POVERTY ALLEVIATION | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | GIFT GIVING | LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE | QUALITATIVE POVERTY | SOCIAL ASSISTANCE | HEALTH CARE | RURAL COMMUNITIES | SAVINGS | RECIPROCITY | ECONOMIC SHOCKS | GIFT EXCHANGE | PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS | SOCIAL SERVICES

"Growth in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union rebounded dramatically from the low point of the financial crisis of 1998. Several things account for... 
Former Soviet republics Economic conditions | Poverty | Equality | Europe, Eastern Economic conditions | Energieversorgung | Einkommensverteilung | Soziale Partizipation | Soziale Situation | Transformation | Bildung | Gesundheitswesen | Konsum | Regionale Disparität | Soziale Ungleichheit | Bewältigung | Lebensstandard | Armut | Bekämpfung | Wirtschaftsentwicklung | Wirtschaftswachstum | Einkommen | Osteuropa | Gemeinschaft Unabhängiger Staaten | Arbeitsmarktentwicklung | Soziale Sicherung | Europe, Eastern | Economic conditions | Former Soviet republics | 1989 | SAFETY NETS | GLOBAL TRENDS | HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES | PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES | LABOR MARKETS | UTILITY SERVICES | INEQUALITY | REMITTANCES | SOCIAL CAPITAL | RURAL AREAS | EDUCATION | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY | LOW INCOMES | SECONDARY EDUCATION | POLICY REFORMS | URBAN POVERTY | EMPLOYMENT | LIFE EXPECTANCY | FUELS | WATER SUPPLY | ENERGY | WATER TARIFFS | VULNERABLE GROUPS | PUBLIC POLICY | AGRICULTURE | HOUSEHOLDS SURVEY | HEATING | POVERTY REDUCTION | INFANT MORTALITY | METHODOLOGY | HEALTH SERVICES | PURCHASING POWER | ELECTRICITY | PRIMARY EDUCATION

The story of Mozambique is one of successful transformation. Since 1994, when it faced a decimated infrastructure, a weak economy, and fragile institutions, it... 
Mozambique Economic conditions | Poverty | Mozambique Social conditions | 1975 | Mozambique | Economic conditions | Social conditions | SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS | COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE | INCOME RISK | LABOR MARKETS | INEQUALITY | LOCAL COMMUNITIES | POOR | COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION | POOR FARMERS | SERVICE DELIVERY | POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES | AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION | POOR ECONOMIC GROWTH | CITIZENSHIP | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | URBAN POVERTY | ACCESS TO SERVICES | CASH TRANSFERS | SAFE DRINKING WATER | RURAL HOUSEHOLD | ACCESS TO EDUCATION | PERSISTENT GAPS | GENDER GAP | POVERTY STATUS | SAFETY NET | SELF-ASSESSMENT | HEALTH SERVICES | URBAN AREAS | HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS | SCHOOL ATTENDANCE | AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY | SEX | VULNERABILITY | DROPOUT | SANITATION | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY | POVERTY HEAD | POOR COMMUNITIES | RURAL SERVICES | LIVE BIRTHS | PANDEMIC | HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION | POVERTY GAP | RURAL INCOMES | TRANSPORTATION | SECONDARY SCHOOLS | INFORMATION SYSTEM | SMALLHOLDERS | RURAL | LACK OF WATER | ACCESS TO MARKETS | AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT | POVERTY GAP INDEX | EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES | COMMUNITY HEALTH | PRIMARY EDUCATION | LIVING STANDARDS | HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY | RURAL POVERTY | SOCIAL CONDITIONS | INCOME SHOCK | JOB CREATION | DRINKING WATER | INFANT | POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY | LABOR MARKET | SMALLHOLDER SECTOR | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS | FARM SECTOR | PRIMARY SCHOOL | RURAL PUBLIC | WELFARE INDICATORS | POOR HOUSEHOLDS | FOOD CROPS | WAR | ILLNESS | RURAL AREAS | HOUSEHOLD SURVEY | POOR PEOPLE | RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIORS | SECONDARY EDUCATION | INFORMATION SYSTEMS | PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS | CITIZEN | LOCAL COMMUNITY | RURAL GROWTH | RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE | SUBSISTENCE FARMERS | POOR HEALTH | HOUSEHOLD CONSTRAINTS | SAFE WATER | SAVINGS | RURAL FAMILIES | HUMAN POTENTIAL | INCOME GROWTH | POVERTY MEASURES | EMPLOYMENT INCOME | PREVENTION METHODS | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | REMOTE AREAS | CITIZENS | GENDER DIMENSIONS | GENDER EQUITY | FOOD CROP PRODUCTION | SECONDARY SCHOOL | HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT | HOUSEHOLD CHORES | LAND PRODUCTIVITY | CHRONIC POVERTY | CROP PRODUCTION | HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX | QUALITY OF SERVICES | MINISTRY OF HEALTH | RURAL ROADS | DISSEMINATION | AGRICULTURAL SECTOR | FOOD CROP | ECONOMIC POLICIES | FOOD SECURITY | POVERTY RATES | RURAL HOUSEHOLDS | FARM ACTIVITIES | ORPHANS | FARM INCOME | INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION | ACCESS TO JUSTICE | INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC SPENDING | INCOME INEQUALITY | PUBLIC SERVICE | RURAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME | PUBLIC DISCUSSION | INCOME | CASH CROPS | POVERTY ASSESSMENT | OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN | PUBLIC WORKS | DETERMINANTS OF GROWTH | HOUSEHOLD HEAD | PULL FACTORS | AGRICULTURAL GROWTH | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION | AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE | HOUSEHOLD POVERTY | HIV | LEGAL STATUS | POVERTY DYNAMICS | LEVEL OF EDUCATION | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | FOOD BUYERS | POPULATION PROJECTIONS | SOCIAL SERVICES | INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES | RURAL SECTOR | HOUSEHOLD HEADS | SUPPLY CHAINS | SKILL DEVELOPMENT | COMMUNITY LAND | URBAN COMMUNITIES | CROP INCOME | ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE | RURAL WATER SUPPLY | LIVING CONDITIONS | RURAL DEVELOPMENT | GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS | LAND RIGHTS | LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES | TRANSACTION COSTS | DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS | PUBLIC SERVICES | RURAL WATER | INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION | FOOD SUPPLY | POVERTY REDUCTION | POVERTY LINE | CLEAN WATER | RURAL INCOME POVERTY | POVERTY INCIDENCE | FUTURE GROWTH | RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION | CIVIL WAR | LABOR FORCE | NATIONAL POVERTY | ASSET HOLDINGS | CONFLICT | INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES | RURAL POOR | HOUSEHOLD BUDGET | INDICATOR OF POVERTY | POVERTY ANALYSIS | HUMAN CAPITAL | MALNUTRITION | FARMERS | HOUSEHOLD WELFARE | POOR POLICY | EPIDEMIC | CASH EXPENDITURE | UNEMPLOYMENT | POVERTY POVERTY | SMALLHOLDER FARMERS | AIDS DEATHS | FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT | POPULATION DENSITY | NUMBER OF PEOPLE | COMMERCIAL FARMERS | RURAL ECONOMY | TARGETING | ABSOLUTE POVERTY | INFANT MORTALITY | POLICY MAKERS | GENDER ISSUES | RURAL INCOME | INFECTION RATES | RURAL COMMUNITIES | SERVICE PROVIDERS | RURAL RESIDENTS | LAND LAW | AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

China and India already rank among the world's largest economies, and each is moving rapidly toward the center stage of the global economy. In this process,... 
India Economic conditions | China Economic policy | China Economic conditions | India Economic policy | International Economics | Management science