Social inclusion and economic development in Latin America
Annotation Poverty and inequality in Latin America are easily recognizable in the faces of women, Afro-descendents, the indigenous, people with disabilities, victims of HIV/AIDS, and other groups outside the societal mainstream. Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America reviews the common features of these excluded populations, including their invisibility in official statistics and the stigma, discrimination, and disadvantages they have long endured. But it also examines the region's inclusionary policies and programs that can improve access by these groups to the quality social services and economic and political resources these groups need to level the playing field. Case studies examine ethnic and racial political organization, gender quotas, and labor markets across the region, and social exclusion in Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Comparative studies summarize social inclusion policies of both the European Union and selected countries on the Continent
eBook, English, [2004]
Inter-American Development Bank ; Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, Washington, Baltimore, [2004]
1 online resource (viii, 352 pages) : illustrations
9781931003650, 1931003653
133168776
Draws on papers prepared for dialogues on ethnicity held during Inter-American Development Bank annual meetings, 2001, Washington, D.C., and 2003, Milan
English
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