Indigenous people make up a large and distinct portion of Latin America's population. While the incidence of poverty is high in Latin America, it is particularly severe and deep among the indigenous population. There is a very strong correlation between schooling attainment and ethnicity, and between schooling attainment and poverty incidence. This report documents that equalization of income-generating characteristics would boost the productivity...
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1994/09/30
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Indigenous people and poverty in Latin America : an empirical analysis
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indigenous people
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Psacharopoulos,George; Patrinos,Harry Anthony.
Indigenous people and poverty in Latin America : an empirical analysis (English). Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/541051468757195444