Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin AmericaIndigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from widespread poverty. This book provides the first rigorous assessment of changes in socio-economic conditions among the region's indigenous people, tracking progress in these indicators during the first international decade of indigenous peoples (1994-2004). Set within the context of existing literature and political changes over the course of the decade, this volume provides a rigorous statistical analysis of indigenous populations in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, examining their poverty rates, education levels, income determinants, labour force participation and other social indicators. The results show that while improvements have been achieved in some social indicators, little progress has been made with respect to poverty. |
Contents
The Indigenous Peoples Decade in Latin America | 1 |
2 Estimating the Number of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America | 25 |
3 Bolivia | 40 |
4 Ecuador | 67 |
5 Guatemala | 106 |
6 Mexico | 150 |
7 Peru | 199 |
8 Key Messages and an Agenda for Action | 221 |
Methods and Data | 241 |
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Other editions - View all
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America Gillette Hall No preview available - 2005 |
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America Gillette Hall,Harry Anthony Patrinos No preview available - 2006 |
Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America Gillette Hall No preview available - 2005 |
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attend school average Aymara bilingual education Bolivia census cent level cent of indigenous cent of non-indigenous child labour CONAIE countries differences discrimination earnings differential Ecuador employment ENCOVI endowments enrolment estimates ethnicity extremely poor factors grade Guatemala health insurance higher household head human capital income quintile increased indige indigenous and non-indigenous indigenous areas indigenous children indigenous households indigenous identity indigenous language indigenous municipalities Indigenous Non-indigenous indigenous population indigenous poverty indigenous women indigenous/non-indigenous individuals inequality informal sector K'iche Kaqchikel labour market Latin America Living Conditions Survey lower Male Female malnutrition MECOVI Mexico mother tongue non-indigenous children non-indigenous households Non-indigenous Indigenous non-indigenous municipalities non-indigenous population non-indigenous women non-indigenous workers Patrinos Pay structure percentage of indigenous Peru poverty gap poverty line poverty rate primary school probability programmes Q'eqchi Quechua quintile region regression returns from schooling rural areas Rural Urban self-identification significant social Source Table Total population urban areas variables wage World Bank