Readings by 25 international experts in economics, development, and social justice explore the common features of groups historically excluded from development efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the particular exclusion faced by Afro-descendants, people with disabilities, and people living with HIV/AIDS. They also review actions to promote the inclusion of various groups. The work, a result of a larger initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank to promote social inclusion in the region and the institution, draws from papers prepared for a 2001 dialogue on race and ethnicity and a follow-up 2003 dialogue between participants in Europe and Latin America. The volume has no index. Distributed in the US by The Johns Hopkins U. Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less