According to the economist Nora Lustig, between 2000 and 2010, “income inequality…declined in all 17 Latin American countries for which comparable data exist.” The decline was especially pronounced in the three largest countries – Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina – which comprise nearly 75% of the region’s population.
这不仅让贫困率有所下降，拉美的传统弊端——不平等性也有所改善。据经济学家拉斯蒂格（Nora Lustig）的数据，2000—2010年间“在所有17个可获得可比数据的拉美国家，收入不平等性……都有所下降。”最大的三个国家——巴西、墨西哥和阿根廷，它们的人口数量占整个拉美地区的75%——的成就尤为显著。