human development

Economic and social disparities across subnational regions of South America: A spatial convergence approach

This paper studies the evolution of economic and social disparities across subnational regions in South America using simple spatial convergence models.

Beta, Sigma and Distributional Convergence in Human Development? Evidence from the Metropolitan Regions of Bolivia

An increasing tendency toward convergence that is driven by both slower forward mobility of the less developed regions and faster backward mobility of the more developed regions.