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<journal-id>0185-1667</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigación económica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Inv. Econ]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-1667</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Economía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-16672007000300097</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Crecimiento económico y trampas de pobreza: ¿cuál es el papel del capital humano?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Economic Growth and Poverty Traps: What is the Role of Human Capital?]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Accinelli]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elvio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brida]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan G.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[London]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Silvia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Azcapotzalco ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Free University of Bolzano  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Italia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional del Sur  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2007</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>66</volume>
<numero>261</numero>
<fpage>97</fpage>
<lpage>118</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-16672007000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-16672007000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-16672007000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En este trabajo presentamos un modelo de crecimiento económico particular, concebido para un país en vías de desarrollo, en el que aparecen trampas de pobreza. Se muestra que las políticas de austeridad, tantas veces exigidas a este tipo de países, no son capaces de sacarlos del estancamiento producido por estas trampas, pero sí es efectiva la inversión sostenida en la creación de capital humano, permitiendo superar la trampa de pobreza y llevar al país a un estado alto de crecimiento.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This paper introduces a model of economic growth intended for representing developing countries that exhibit poverty traps. The policies of financial restraint that are usually asked for to those countries are shown here to lead to a lower equilibrium. That is, they do not allow those economies to get out of their poverty traps. Sustained investment in the creation of human capital, instead, helps to surpass that barrier and lead the economies towards higher growth equilibrium.]]></p></abstract>
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