World economy and international economic relations

Urbanization of poverty: comparison of Brazil, Bolivia and Chile

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 163, Issue 1-2, Pages: 44-46

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Janubova, B. (2017). Urbanization of poverty: comparison of Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. Economic Annals-XXI, 163(1-2), 44-46. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V163-09

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Barbora Janubova
PhD Student (Economics),
University of Economics in Bratislava
1/b Dolnozemska cesta Str., Bratislava 5, 852 35, Slovak Republic
barbora.janubova@euba.sk
ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2523-7947

Urbanization of poverty: comparison of Brazil, Bolivia and Chile

Abstract. The article deals with the urbanisation of poverty and new poverty connected with different social and environmental problems. We examine whether the positive relation between population growth and poverty growth exists in urban areas in Brazil, Bolivia and Chile. Our analysis is based on the comparison and regression analysis of relation between the urban population ratio and the urban poverty ratio. The results do not confirm the given hypothesis that the rapid urbanisation has led to a higher rate of poverty in urban areas in Latin American countries. We argue that urban poverty has been decreased whereas the urban population has grown in the chosen countries.

Keywords: Urbanisation; Poverty; Brazil; Bolivia; Chile

JEL Classification: I31; I32; I38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V163-09

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Received 17.11.2016

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