Just for the record, it is no longer the "New School for Social Research," but "New School University."
Ugh. Barkley Rosser -----Original Message----- From: Juan Jose Barrios <jota at netgate.com.uy> To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 5:30 PM Subject: Re: Neo-liberalism
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>Marta Russell wrote:
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>> Juan,
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>> Can you tell me what does ECLAC stand for and how can I get a citation
for
>> this information??
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>> Marta
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>Marta:
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>ECLAC stands for "Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean".
It
>belongs to the UN. Its main offices are located in Santiago de Chile and
has
>country offices in all LAC countries (including Mexico in case someone
asks)
>and Washington, DC. One of ECLAC's Secretary General was Raul Prebisch,
one
>of the main proponents of the Import Substution path to development. ECLAC
is
>the origin, as far as I know, of the "structuralist" school, which still
has
>many adherents in the US, most notably Lance Taylor at the New School for
>Social Research. Lately, ECLAC has evolved into some king of "pro-market"
>(center right, if you will) institution trying to maintain its social focus
>though. It has been publishing a few studies related to poverty and
>inequality.
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>I will have to visit ECLAC's offices here in Uruguay tomorrow pm. I will
get
>the full citation for you post it on the list.
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>Anyways, ECLAC's web site (english version ) is
>:http://www.eclac.cl/index1.html. You can learn more of ECLAC's history and
>future there.
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>See you
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>Juan
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>> Juan Jose Barrios wrote:
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>> > Maybe some of you are interested in the results of a study carried on
by
>> > ECLAC
>> > on Poverty and Indigency (needies) in Latin America:
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>> > Poverty Line(1) Indigency
>> > Line(2)
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>> > Country Year Country Urban Rural Country Urban
>> > Rural
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>> > Argentina 1990 16 4
>> > 1994 10 2
>> > 1997 13
>> > 3
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>> > Bolivia 1990 47
>> > 20
>> > 1994 46 17
>> > 1997 44 16
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>> > Brazil 1990 41 36 64 18
>> > 13 38
>> > 1993 37 33 53 15
>> > 12 30
>> > 1996 29 25 46 11
>> > 8 23
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>> > Chile 1990 33 33 34 11
>> > 10 12
>> > 1994 24 24 26 7
>> > 6 8
>> > 1996 20 19 26 5
>> > 4 8
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>> > Colombia 1990 35 12
>> > 1994 47 41 57 25
>> > 16 38
>> > 1997 45 39 54 20
>> > 15 29
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>> > Costa Rica 1990 24 22 25 10
>> > 7 12
>> > 1994 21 18 23 8
>> > 6 10
>> > 1997 20 17 23 7
>> > 5 9
>> >
>> > Ecuador 1990 56 23
>> > 1994 52 22
>> > 1997 50 19
>> >
>> > El Salvador 1995 48 40 58 18
>> > 12 27
>> > 1997 48 39 62 19
>> > 12 28
>> >
>> > Guatemala 1989 63 48 72 37
>> > 23 45
>> >
>> > Honduras 1990 75 65 84 54
>> > 38 66
>> > 1994 73 70 76 49
>> > 41 55
>> > 1997 74 67 80 48
>> > 35 59
>> >
>> > Mexico 1989 39 34 49 14
>> > 9 23
>> > 1994 36 29 47 12
>> > 6 20
>> > 1996 43 38 53 16
>> > 10 25
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>> > Nicaragua 1997 66 36
>> >
>> > Panama 1991 36 34 43 16
>> > 14 21
>> > 1994 30 25 41 12
>> > 9 20
>> > 1997 27 25 34 10
>> > 9 14
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>> > Paraguay 1990 37 10
>> > 1994 42 15
>> > 1996 40 13
>> >
>> > Perú 1997 37 25 61 18
>> > 7 41
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>> > Dom. Rep 1997 32 32 34 13
>> > 11 15
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>> > Uruguay 1990 12 2
>> > 1994 6 1
>> > 1997 6 1
>> >
>> > Venezuela 1990 34 33 38 12
>> > 11 17
>> > 1994 42 41 48 15
>> > 14 23
>> > 1997 42 17
>> >
>> > Lat. Am. 1994 38 32 56 16
>> > 11 34
>> > 1997 36 30 54 15
>> > 10 31
>> >
>> > (1)= % of households below poverty line (income is not enough to
>> > buy a
>> > consumption basket)
>> > (2)= % of households below inigency line (income is not enough to
>> > cover
>> > min. nutritional requierments)
>> >
>> > Hope this starts come interesting discussion.
>> >
>> > Juan
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>> --
>> Marta Russell
>> author, Los Angeles, CA
>> Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract
>> http://www.commoncouragepress.com/ramps.html
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