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The Changing Way Governments Talk about Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Two Centuries of Latin American Presidential Speeches

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dc.contributor.authorCalvo-Gonzalez, Oscar
dc.contributor.authorEizmendi, Axel
dc.contributor.authorReyes, German
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T17:20:46Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T17:20:46Z
dc.date.issued2018-01
dc.description.abstractThis study uses text mining techniques on almost 900 presidential "state-of-the-union"--type speeches from 10 Latin American countries from 1819 to 2016. The paper documents a sharp increase in recent decades in references to poverty and inequality. The study's long-term view shows that the way in which poverty and inequality are discussed has been changing. Using a Latent Dirichlet Allocation algorithm, the paper shows that in recent years poverty has been increasingly discussed as a broader multidimensional challenge that requires a variety of social programs. Inequality has been increasingly framed as an issue of equal opportunities, whereas previously there was a greater focus on social justice. The paper assesses whether the prevalence of poverty and inequality in presidential speeches correlates with measures such as social public spending, as well as the poverty and inequality levels of the country. It finds that during the 2000s, the countries that discussed poverty and inequality at greater length were also the ones that increased social spending and reduced poverty and inequality the most.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/163671516628297136/The-changing-way-governments-talk-about-poverty-and-inequality-evidence-from-two-centuries-of-Latin-American-presidential-speeches
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8311
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29221
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8311
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectTEXT MINING
dc.subjectPRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.subjectDIRICHLET ALLOCATION ALGORITHM
dc.subjectSOCIAL PROGRAMS
dc.subjectSOCIAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subjectSOCIAL SPENDING
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.titleThe Changing Way Governments Talk about Poverty and Inequalityen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Two Centuries of Latin American Presidential Speechesen
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.crossref.titleThe Changing Way Governments Talk about Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from Two Centuries of Latin American Presidential Speeches
okr.date.disclosure2018-01-22
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okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/163671516628297136/The-changing-way-governments-talk-about-poverty-and-inequality-evidence-from-two-centuries-of-Latin-American-presidential-speeches
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8311
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b08558837c_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29524667
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/163671516628297136/pdf/WPS8311.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.region.geographicalLatin America
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okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicGovernance::Politics and Government
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Fiscal & Monetary Policy
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Reduction Strategies
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Policy
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Political Economy
okr.unitPoverty and Equity Global Practice
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