Health, childlessness and poverty in Latin American countries

Deforestation and credit instability in Latin American countries Deforestation and credit instability in Latin American countries

This paper highlights the link between deforestation and credit instability in Latin American countries which exhibit strong deforestation rates as well as macroeconomic instability that is often rooted in the alternating episodes of credit booms and crunches. Pieces of explanation establishing a causal link between credit instability and deforestation driven by agricultural expansion are put f...

Health care trends in Brazil and other Latin American countries.

Brazil, as many other countries in the world, is facing the challenge of implementing programs for the more efficient delivery of health care services. Since resources are scarce and limited and in view of the constant advance of health care technology, it is important to evaluate which preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions add value to the health care system; in other words, the...

Income Convergence toward USA: New Evidences for Latin and South American Countries

Abstract In this paper we test two versions of convergence hypothesis namely deterministic or conditional convergence and stochastic or catching up hypothesis using Carrion-i-Silvestre et al. (2005) stationary test. The results show Latin and South American countries (LSA) catching up process toward the USA failed in 1980s and somewhat in 1990s. But in 2000s most of them could lie in converge...

Reducing Poverty in Developing Countries: Some Lessons from Latin America

Urban Poverty and HealtH in develoPing CoUntries

ABout the Author MaRk R. MontgoMeRy is a professor in the economics department at Stony Brook University and a senior associate with the Population Council's Poverty, Gender, and Youth Program. His current research interests include the links between poverty and demographic behavior in the cities of developing countries; measurement of poverty and poverty dynamics using proxy variables; and the...