This paper proposes a new index of multidimensional poverty, called the Global Correlation Sensitive Poverty Index (G-CSPI), which has three interesting features. First, it encompasses three dimensions: decent work, ...

This paper summarizes recent trends in poverty in Latin America, and the relationship between poverty and social sector development. It notes that World Bank Lending for social sector development in at the region has ...

The perception that privatization hurts the poor is growing and creating a backlash against the private provision of basic infrastructure services. At the same time, governments are finding themselves fiscally strapped, ...