Georgetown Americas Institute

Income inequality in Latin America rose significantly from the 1970s to the 1990s and fell in the early twenty-first century. In more recent years patterns have varied from country to country. While broad trends are easy to establish, the reliability of data on income inequality is often brought into question. What can be done to capture a more accurate picture in Latin America? The Georgetown Americas Institute is pleased to host GAI Resident Fellow Nora Lustig for a presentation of her paper “Seventy-five Years of Measuring Income Inequality in Latin America” and a discussion on the challenges to reducing inequality in the region.