A Large-Scale Mapping of Territorial Development Dynamics in Latin America
This paper summarizes a study of changes in per-capita income, monetary poverty, and income distribution in 9,045 subnational administrative units of nine Latin American countries between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s. The results largely support spatial convergence of mean household incomes, although the estimates indicate it has been slow. Territorial inequality is found to be persistent and reduces the pro-poor effect of local income growth. Although national-context specific, the estimates also indicate that territorial development dynamics are influenced by the structural features of the territories. In view of the evidence, territorial development policies in Latin America seem well warranted.
Title of publication: World Development
Volume: 73
Issue: Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Sub-National Development: Learning from Latin America’s Territories
Page range: 11-31
Author: Modrego, Felix
Other authors: Berdegué, Julio
Organization: Rimisp-Latin American Center for Rural Development
Other organizations: IDEAR-Department of Economics, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Year: 2015
Country/ies: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru
Geographical coverage: Latin America and the Caribbean
Type: Journal article
Full text available at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X14004136
Content language: English