Falling inequality in Latin America: policy changes and lessons

pt. I Inequality Changes and the Surfacing of New Policy Approaches 1.Recent Distributive Changes in Latin America: An Overview / Giovanni Andrea Cornia 2.Inequality Trends and Their Determinants: Latin America over the Period 1990-2010 / Giovanni Andrea Cornia 3.The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in Latin America's Post-Adjustment Era / Kenneth M. Roberts pt. II Recent lnequality Changes in Six Representative Latin American Countries 4.Redistribution without Structural Change in Ecuador: Rising and Falling Income Inequality in the 1990s and 2000 / Juan Ponce and Rob Vos 5.Policy Regimes, Inequality, Poverty, and Growth: The Chilean Experience, 1973-2010 / Dante Contreras and Ricardo Ffrench-Davis 6.Uruguay's Income Inequality and Political Regimes over the Period 1981-2010 / Verónica Amarante, Marco Colafranceschi, and Andrea Vigorito 7.The Rise and Fall of Income Inequality in Mexico, 1989-2010 / Raymundo Campos-Vazquez, Gerardo Esquivel, and Nora Lustig

Contents note continued: 8.Social Policies or Private Solidarity? The Equalizing Role of Migration and Remittances in El Salvador / Carlos Acevedo and Maynor Cabrera 9.The Dynamics of Inequality Change in a Highly Dualistic Economy / Stephan Klasen, Thomas Otter, and Carlos Villalobos Barría pt. III Main Policy Changes and lnequality During the Last Decade 10.Macroeconomic Policies, Growth, Employment, Poverty, and Inequality in Latin America / Mario Damill and Roberto Frenkel 11.Trade and Income Distribution in Latin America: Is There Anything New to Say? / Miguel Székely and Claudia Sámano-Robles 12.Changes in Labour Market Conditions and Policies, and Their Impact on Wage Inequality During the Last Decade / Saúl N. Keifman and Roxana Maurizio 13.What Can Latin America Learn from China's Labour Market Reforms? / Richard B. Freeman 14.Tax Policy and Income Distribution During the Last Decade / Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Juan Carlos Gómez-Sabaini, and Bruno Martorano 15.Inequality in Education: Evidence for Latin America / Guillermo Cruces, Carolina García Domench, and Leonardo Gasparini

Contents note continued: 16.On the Distributional Implications of Social Protection Reforms in Latin America / Armando Barrientos.