Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion

About one in four Latin Americans self-identify as Afro-descendants today. They comprise a highly heterogeneous population and are unevenly distributed across the region, but share a common history of displacement and exclusion. Despite significant gains over the past decade, Afro-descendants still...

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Main Authors:	Freire, German, Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina, Schwartz Orellana, Steven, Soler Lopez, Jorge, Carbonari, Flavia
Format:	Report
Language:	Spanish
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT URBANIZATION CRIME AND VIOLENCE SOCIAL INCLUSION DROPOUT RATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DISCRIMINATION ABOLITION POVERTY ETHNICITY RACE CHRONIC POVERTY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316161533724728187/Afro-descendants-in-Latin-America-toward-a-framework-of-inclusion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30201

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spelling	okr-10986-302012021-05-25T09:16:56Z Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion Freire, German Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina Schwartz Orellana, Steven Soler Lopez, Jorge Carbonari, Flavia ACCESS TO EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT URBANIZATION CRIME AND VIOLENCE SOCIAL INCLUSION DROPOUT RATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DISCRIMINATION ABOLITION POVERTY ETHNICITY RACE CHRONIC POVERTY About one in four Latin Americans self-identify as Afro-descendants today. They comprise a highly heterogeneous population and are unevenly distributed across the region, but share a common history of displacement and exclusion. Despite significant gains over the past decade, Afro-descendants still are overrepresented among the poor and are underrepresented in decision-making positions, both in the private and the public sector. The extent to which Latin America will be able to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity will therefore depend, to a very large degree, on the social inclusion of Afro-descendants. The objective of this study is to deepen the region's empirical understanding of the drivers behind the persistent exclusion of the afro-descendants, as a first step to design appropriate solutions. The report proposes a framework to organize and think of the myriad options available to address their situations, based on the experience accumulated by the region and the data available. 2018-08-14T15:32:30Z 2018-08-14T15:32:30Z 2018-08-28 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316161533724728187/Afro-descendants-in-Latin-America-toward-a-framework-of-inclusion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30201 Spanish CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Social Analysis Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean Caribbean Central America Latin America Brazil Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay
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topic	ACCESS TO EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT URBANIZATION CRIME AND VIOLENCE SOCIAL INCLUSION DROPOUT RATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DISCRIMINATION ABOLITION POVERTY ETHNICITY RACE CHRONIC POVERTY
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT URBANIZATION CRIME AND VIOLENCE SOCIAL INCLUSION DROPOUT RATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DISCRIMINATION ABOLITION POVERTY ETHNICITY RACE CHRONIC POVERTY Freire, German Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina Schwartz Orellana, Steven Soler Lopez, Jorge Carbonari, Flavia Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion
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description	About one in four Latin Americans self-identify as Afro-descendants today. They comprise a highly heterogeneous population and are unevenly distributed across the region, but share a common history of displacement and exclusion. Despite significant gains over the past decade, Afro-descendants still are overrepresented among the poor and are underrepresented in decision-making positions, both in the private and the public sector. The extent to which Latin America will be able to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity will therefore depend, to a very large degree, on the social inclusion of Afro-descendants. The objective of this study is to deepen the region's empirical understanding of the drivers behind the persistent exclusion of the afro-descendants, as a first step to design appropriate solutions. The report proposes a framework to organize and think of the myriad options available to address their situations, based on the experience accumulated by the region and the data available.
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author	Freire, German Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina Schwartz Orellana, Steven Soler Lopez, Jorge Carbonari, Flavia
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author_sort	Freire, German
title	Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion
title_short	Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion
title_full	Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion
title_fullStr	Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion
title_full_unstemmed	Afro-descendants in Latin America : Toward a Framework of Inclusion
title_sort	afro-descendants in latin america : toward a framework of inclusion
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/316161533724728187/Afro-descendants-in-Latin-America-toward-a-framework-of-inclusion http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30201
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