By processing Census micro data from 10 countries in the region, we answer several questions that can be categorized under the following three main topics: a) spatial distribution trends of indigenous peoples in Latin America, with emphasis on the urbanization process and the spatial pattern of this population within selected cities; b) internal migration of indigenous peoples, with emphasis on rural to urban flows; and c) living conditions of indigenous peoples, with emphasis on inequalities between urban and rural areas.Our results confirm both an increasing proportion of the indigenous popu…
In the last four years (2003-2006), Latin America has turned in its best performance in 25 years in economic and social terms. Progress with poverty reduction, falling unemployment, improving income distribution in several countries and a strong upswing in numbers of jobs are the main factors underlying the positive trend in a number of the region's countries. The first two chapters of Social Panorama of Latin America 2006 look at the way the main social indicators have behaved in the last few years. These indicators track the evolution of poverty and extreme poverty, inequality in incom…
El último cuatrienio (2003-2006) puede calificarse como el de mejor desempeño económico y social de América Latina en los últimos 25 años. El avance en la reducción de la pobreza, la disminución del desempleo, la mejora en la distribución del ingreso en algunos países y un aumento importante del número de puestos de trabajo son los principales factores que marcaron una tendencia positiva en varios países de la región. En los primeros dos capítulos del Panorama social de América Latina 2006 se examina la evolución de los principales indicadores sociales en los últimos años. Estos se refieren a …
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