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Francisco H. G. Ferreira
Researcher at World Bank
Publications - 210
Citations - 13302
Francisco H. G. Ferreira is an academic researcher from World Bank. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poverty & Inequality. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 207 publications receiving 12484 citations. Previous affiliations of Francisco H. G. Ferreira include Paris School of Economics & Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty
Ariel Fiszbein,Norbert Schady,Francisco H. G. Ferreira,Margaret Grosh,Niall Keleher,Pedro Olinto,Emmanuel Skoufias +6 more
TL;DR: Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children.
World development report 2006 : equity and development
Berk Ozler,Tamar Manuelyan Atinc,Abhijit Banerjee,Francisco H. G. Ferreira,Vijayendra Rao,James A. Robinson,Giovanna Prennushi,Michael Woolcock,Marta Menéndez,Michael Walton,Peter Lanjouw +10 more
TL;DR: The World Development Report 2006 as discussed by the authors analyzes the relationship between equity and development and discusses the two channels of impact (the effects of unequal opportunities when markets are imperfect, and the consequences of inequity for the quality of institutions a society develops) as well as intrinsic motives.
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Inequality in Latin America: Breaking with History?
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore why the region suffers from persistent inequality, identify how it hampers development, and suggest ways to achieve greater equity in the distribution of wealth, incomes and opportunities.
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The measurement of inequality of opportunity: theory and an application to latin america
TL;DR: In this article, a simple scalar measure of inequality of opportunity and applying it to six Latin American countries is presented, which captures betweengroup inequality when groups are defined exclusively on the basis of predetermined circumstances.
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Inequality of Opportunity in Brazil
TL;DR: In this article, a measure of the contribution of unequal opportunities to earnings inequality is proposed, which is based on the distinction between "circumstance" and "effort" variables in John Roemer's work on equality of opportunity.