Poverty and poverty alleviation strategies in North America /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bane, Mary Jo, Zenteno Quintero, René M.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Series:	David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University.
Subjects:	Poverty > North America. Poor > North America. Poverty > Government policy > North America. Poor > Services for > North America. Poverty > North America > Prevention.

Table of Contents:

Poverty and place in North America / Rene Zenteno and Mary Jo Bane
Labor productivity: the link between economic growth and poverty in Mexico / Gonzalo Hernandez and Miguel Szekely
Macroeconomic policy, markets, and poverty reduction / Michael Walton
Social isolation: economic constraints versus strategic choices in Mexico / Mercedes Gonzalez de la Rocha
Interpreting the educational effects of compensatory programs in Mexico / Carlos Munoz-Izquierdo and Guadelupe Villarreal-Guevara
School improvement and the reduction of poverty / Richard F. Elmore
Mexico's Progresa-oportunidades programs: where do we go from here? / Agustin Escobar Latapi
The U.S. social safety net and poverty / Sheldon Danziger and Sandra K. Danziger.