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More than one in every five Latin Americans lives on less than $2 a day, and Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. The book tackles the problem of poverty and inequality in Latin America through the novel approach of using the decentralization of government functions to satisfy the basic needs of the poor. Decentralization can bring government closer to the people and strengthen the voice of the voiceless. Satisfying basic needs for...

This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in Latin America in the 2000s.

Examines the politics of conditional cash transfers in Latin America, used to put billions of dollars into the hands of the poorest people, analyzing the social policy, institutional design, development, and consequences of the policy.

In order to make progress toward the UN Millennium Development Goals--and particularly in terms of poverty alleviation--business has a pivotal role to play: in terms of core business; purchasing products from the poor; employing them; and selling them affordable services and products. Serving the global 4 billion people at the base of the economic ladder--the Base of the Pyramid (BoP)--with suitable products and services is a new but growing field...