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Latin America and the Caribbean has persistently been the region with highest average inequality within countries, but inequality has been falling noticeably in the region since around 2000.
World Bank— World Development Report 2006 United Nations Development Programme— Human Development Report Inequality in Focus World Bank—Poverty Reduction and Equity Poverty and Equity Data
East Asia started out as the region with lowest inequality within countries in early 1980s, but has seen a steady rise in inequality (side by side with a downward trend in inequality between countries). Between one-quarter and one-half of income inequality observed among adults in Latin America and the Caribbean is due to personal circumstances endured during childhood that fell outside their control or responsibility, such as race, gender, birthplace, parents’ educational level, and father’s occupation. In South Africa, circumstances at birth are important drivers for the unequal opportunities in childhood and later reemerge to contribute to unequal access to jobs.
Human Opportunity Index, Latin America and the Caribbean
www.worldbank.org/wdr2006 www.hdr.undp.org go.worldbank.org/CCKE912HN0 www.worldbank.org/poverty povertydata.worldbank.org/ poverty/home/ go.worldbank.org/A9Z0NUV620
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