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Latin American Economy & Business - March 2014 (ISSN 1741-7430)
REGION: Reductions in income inequality stopped in 2010
According to a new report from the World Bank, while Latin America has made fairly robust progress in poverty reduction, its record on reducing income inequality in recent years is at best patchy and stop-go in nature. Progress came to a halt in 2005, edged forward again in the following four years, and then stopped again in 2010.
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