The Urban Poor in Latin America

With three quarters of its population living in cities, Latin America is now essentially an urban region. Higher urbanization is usually associated with a number of positives, such as higher income, greater access to services, and lower poverty inc...

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Main Author:	Fay, Marianne
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO SERVICES AFFORDABILITY CASH TRANSFERS CITIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CONFLICT COPING MECHANISMS COPING STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES EMPLOYMENT STATUS EXPENDITURES EXTERNALITIES EXTREME POVERTY FINANCIAL SERVICES FOOD CONSUMPTION GDP GENDER DISCRIMINATION HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSING HOUSING POLICIES HOUSING SUBSIDIES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME HOUSEHOLDS INCREASED ACCESS INEQUALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LAND MARKETS LAND POLICIES LIVING CONDITIONS LONG TERM LOW INCOME LOW INCOME HOUSING MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MARKET ECONOMY MICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONS NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NUTRITION OLD AGE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS POLICY INITIATIVES POLICY MEASURES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION POOR ADULTS POOR AREAS POOR CHILDREN POOR COMMUNITIES POOR COMMUNITY POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR LIVING POOR NEIGHBORHOODS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY PROGRAMS POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY STRATEGY POVERTY TRENDS PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF LIFE REAL WAGES RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL POOR RURAL POVERTY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NETS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SERVICE DELIVERY SLUMS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL EXCLUSION SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL GROUPS SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETING TEAM MEMBERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSIENT POVERTY UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN URBAN AREA URBAN AREAS URBAN BIAS URBAN CRIME URBAN ENVIRONMENT URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN POOR URBAN POPULATION URBAN POVERTY URBAN RENEWAL URBAN YOUTH URBANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6338091/urban-poor-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7263

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7263

The Urban Poor in Latin America

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