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Latin American Economic Outlook 2011: How Middle-class is Latin America? Oecd Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Table of Content :

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Executive Summary
PART I. MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW
-Introduction
-The Global Crisis and the economies of Latin America
-What is behind Latin America's Good Performance?
-The balance sheet
-Banking post crisis
-Conclusion
-Statistical annex
PART II. HOW MIDDLE CLASS IN LATIN AMERICA?
Chapter 1. Middle Sectors and Latin American Development
-Identifying the Middle Sectors
-A statistical portrait of Latin American Middle Sectors
-Social mobility
-Middle Sectors and Middle Classes
-Conclusions
-Statistical annex
Chapter 2. Social Protection and Labour Informality in the Middle Sectors
-Setting the framework
-Informality int he Middle Sectors
-Pensions for all the Middle Secctors - Formal and Informal
-Health Care for all?
-Effective unemployment insurance
-Conclusion
-Statistical annex
Chapter 3. Education, Social Mobility and the Middle Sectors
-Educational attainment of the middle sectors
-Educational mobility
-Social mobility and income inequality
-Enrolment and social exclusion
-Enhancing upward mobility
-Statistical annex
Chapter 4. The Middle Sectors, Fiscal Policy and the Social Contract
-Attitudes towards democracy and fiscal policy
-Fiscal policy and the Latin Middle Sectors
-The way forward
-Methodological annex