Decentralization for satisfying basic needs : an economic guide for policymakers

• Main Author: McGuire, J. Michael 1940- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2010]
• Edition: Second edition.
• Series: Research on Hispanic and Latino business
• Subjects: Poverty > Latin America.; Decentralization in government > Latin America.; Economic assistance, American.; Latin America > Economic conditions.; Social Science > Poverty & Homelessness.; Poverty and precarity.; Housing and homelessness.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806617739
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-412-0
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 186 pages) : illustrations

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...

Table of Contents:

• Preface. Introduction
• Part I. Inclusive development
• Chapter 1. Poverty and inequality in Latin America
• Chapter 2. Inclusive development through satisfying basic needs
• Part II. Model of decentralization
• Chapter 3. Effective service delivery
• Chapter 4. Decentralization for satisfying basic needs
• Part III. Case studies
• Chapter 5. Transfer-led decentralization in Mexico
• Chapter 6. Oportunidades for education, health and nutrition
• Chapter 7. Community government in tlaxcala
• Chapter 8. World bank tax advice: Does it foster inclusive development?
• Chapter 9. Tax reform in el salvador
• Chapter 9. Decentralizing foreign aid of the United States. Conclusion
• References
• About the author
• Index.