Neopatrimonial exercise of power, combining ruler appropriation of resources with ruler discretionality in the use of state power, remains present to varying degrees in contemporary Latin America. Building on an extensive literature, this article provides a delimited conceptualization and measurement of neopatrimonialism for 18 countries in the region and examines the effects of neopatrimonial legacies on poverty with cross-national quantitative analysis. The study finds that higher levels of neopatrimonialism have a significant, substantive impact on poverty levels, controlling for other relevant demographic, socioeconomic, and political factors. It confirms the importance of a cumulative record of democracy for poverty alleviation, while the analysis indicates that neopatrimonialism limits the effects of the political left in power on poverty reduction.

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新世袭制对当代拉丁美洲贫困的影响

新世袭制的权力行使，将统治者对资源的挪用与统治者在使用国家权力时的自由裁量权相结合，在当代拉丁美洲仍然不同程度地存在。本文以广泛的文献为基础，对该地区 18 个国家的新世袭制进行了界定的概念化和衡量，并通过跨国定量分析检验了新世袭制遗产对贫困的影响。研究发现，在控制其他相关的人口、社会经济和政治因素的情况下，更高水平的新世袭制对贫困水平有显着的实质性影响。它证实了积累民主记录对扶贫的重要性，