Urban-rural pattern of population distribution in Latin America and changes in this pattern during the last few decades

Includes bibliography

América Latina: proyecciones de población urbana-rural, 1970-2025 = Latin America: projection of the urban-rural population, 1970-2025

Publicación bilingüe (Español e inglés)

Influence of some intermediate variables in the level and differentials of urban and rural fertility in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Spatial population distribution: urban and rural development

Includes bibliography

Urban dimensions in rural development

Includes bibliography

The economic returns to education in Mexico: a comparison between urban and rural areas

Includes bibliography

Rural development and urban food programming

Includes bibliography

Aspectos de la adaptación de los migrantes rurales a las condiciones urbano-industriales de Sao Paulo, Brasil = Aspects of the adjustment of rural migrants to urban-industrial conditions in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Los documentos del Seminario fueron publicados por UNESCO en 1961 con el título: La urbanización en América Latina/Urbanization in Latin America

América Latina: proyecciones de población urbana y rural, 1970-2025 = Latin America: projection of the urban and rural population, 1970-2025

Publicación bilingüe (Español e inglés)

América Latina: proyecciones de población urbana y rural, 1970-2025 = Latin America: urban and rural population projections, 1970-2025

Publicación bilingüe (Español e inglés)

Hacia una nueva definición de “rural” con fines estadísticos en América Latina

Incluye bibliografía

Indigenous peoples and urban settlements: spatial distribution, internal migration and living conditions

Includes bibliography

Options for rural poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Rights of urban children

Urban children in Latin AmericaThis issue of Challenges addresses a topic deserving of special attention: the high proportion of children and adolescents in the region's urban areas who live in precarious conditions. Their disparate living conditions are examined with a look at the moderate deprivation (housing deficiencies, monetary poverty or low level of education) and severe deprivation (a combination of two or more of the aforementioned deficits) affecting urban dwellers. It is estimated that about 29.0% of children and adolescents in these areas live in conditions of severe deprivation and 27.6% experience moderate deprivation for an average of eight countries.In severely deprived rural and urban areas a higher proportion of children are not immunized against measles, and a greater percentage of adolescents are neither studying nor economically active, and are already parents.These disparities call for differentiated policies with a strong local focus and the potential to improve living conditions, lower the risk of infant morbidity and mortality, and reduce rates of adolescent pregnancy and school dropout. Significant initiatives and policies designed to produce healthy and inclusive environments have already been put in place in some of the most vulnerable areaswith a view to improving the quality of life among these groups.In addition to the featured article, the issue includes information on relevant meetings and conferences held in the region over the year, children's and adolescents' testimonies, and expert opinion.

Towards a new paradigm for urban public transport: the transmilenio case

The process of urbanization in Latin America presents new challenges for urban transport systems insofar as one of the priorities is to provide proper mobility for the increasing and complex interaction of communities.This edition of the Bulletin, prepared by Irma Chaparro, presents a summary of the recent study entitled Evaluación del impacto socio-económico del transporte urbano en la ciudad de Bogotá. El caso del sistema masivo de transporte, Transmilenio, LC/L 1786-P, October 2002, which considers the socioeconomic impact of the Transmilenio system in Bogotá. This system is part of an integrated transport strategy promoted by the District Authority over the period 1998-2001 and is an avant-garde solution to the difficult problem of transport in the city.