TY - BOOK AU - Morán,Ricardo ED - Inter-American Development Bank. TI - Escaping the poverty trap: investing in children in Latin America SN - 1931003564 U1 - 362.7 PY - 2003/// CY - Washington, DC PB - Inter-American Development Bank, Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Niños pobres KW - América Latina KW - Pobres KW - Pobreza N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 115-122); Introduction: Early childhood investment and the intergenerational transmission of poverty / Ricardo Morán -- Part One: Intergenerational transmission of poverty: summary -- Family background and intergenerational poverty in Latin America / Ricardo Morán, Tarsicio Castañeda, and Enrique Aldaz-Carroll -- Part Two: Investing in early childhood: summary -- The role of early childhood investment in development / Amartya K. Sen -- Bringing in new actors / Gro Harlem Brundtland -- The impact of early childhood intervention on economic growth and equity / Miguel Urrutia -- How to invest in early childhood care and development / Robert G. Myers -- Investing in children : the role of the State in unequal societies / Nancy Birdsall ER -