How the Commodity Boom Helped Tackle Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
By Ravi Balakrishnan and Frederik Toscani
June 21, 2018
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People buying produce in a busy market in Bahia, Brazil. During the commodity boom, Brazil saw significant reductions in poverty and inequality (photo: golero/iStock by Getty Images)
Latin America may be the most unequal region in the world, but it is the only region to significantly lower inequality over the past two decades, and the boom in commodity prices helped make it happen. […]