A Rural Poverty Profile of the Region

Alberto Valdés

Chapter 2 in Rural Poverty in Latin America, 2000, pp 35-48 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Because 70 per cent of the population is urban and urban slums are so extensive, it is often assumed that poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean is mainly an urban phenomenon. This is partly due to the fact that the large and relatively urbanized countries dominate the regional statistics, and partly because urban poverty in the region has been better studied and is better documented. Surprisingly little is known about the nature and extent of rural poverty, but some striking facts of interest include the following: In 5 out of 12 countries examined, the rural population still makes up more than 40 per cent of the total population (see Table 2.1). a much higher proportion of the rural population than of the urban population is poor in at least 10 countries. Even in middle-income countries, a large fraction of the poor are in rural areas. In all Latin American countries, the majority of the extremely poor, that is, the population in the poorest deciles, are rural.

Keywords: Gross Domestic Product; Poverty Line; Latin American Country; Extreme Poverty; Poverty Measure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333977798_2

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