Pro-Growth Social Policies for Latin America

  • Miguel Székely
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Abstract

Most governments in the developing world explicitly consider absolute poverty reduction as their main — or at least as one of their main — priorities in the agenda. In fact, all those endorsing the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have committed publicly to cut poverty by half between 1990 and 2015.2

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Labor Supply Poverty Reduction School Attendance Social Assistance Impact Evaluation 
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