Which were the two most urbanized and literate countries in latin america?
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The Journal of Developing Areas Vol. 2, No. 2 (Jan., 1968) , pp. 187-210 (24 pages) Published By: College of Business, Tennessee State University https://www.jstor.org/stable/4189456 Journal Information The Journal of Developing Areas (JDA) aims to stimulate in-depth and rigorous empirical and theoretical research on all issues pertaining to the process of economic development. It also intends to encourage research on social, urban/regional and inner city problems of the United States and other developed countries. Publisher Information The mission of the College of Business is guided by an appreciation of the institutional history of Tennessee State University and the obligations of a state university located in the heart of a vibrant metropolitan area with a diversified business community. This calls for the College of Business to prepare qualified students from a broad spectrum of society, to offer an appropriate array of sound baccalaureate and graduate degree programs, and to develop as one of the engines of economic development for its urban region containing local, national, and international businesses. Rights & Usage This item is part of a JSTOR
Collection. Cities are global leaders whose innovative policies are increasingly transcending boundaries to shape domestic and international trends. The relative power of cities to influence the global agenda will only increase in the coming decades. More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas; by 2050, 70 percent, or more than six billion people, will be urban dwellers. The Atlantic Council is at the forefront of an emerging global dialogue on urbanization through its Urban World 2030 project, which brings together foreign and security policymakers and urban specialists to address ways to turn global urbanization into a net positive. Download the PDFRio de Janeiro has launched an ambitious project to digitalize impoverished areas and tackle citizen connectivity challenges for low income people. The city will also host the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.Latin America, the most urbanized region in the world, merits special attention in how to capture the growth of cities to create innovative policies that foster equitable economic growth, good governance, long-term housing and public space solutions, and efficient urban services. The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, which began operations in October 2013, will collaborate with the Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative to be a leading voice in examining innovative urban solutions in Latin America and share lessons learned within the global context. Latin America: The World’s Urban LeaderOver the past forty years, Latin American cities have boomed. In 1950, 40 percent of the region’s population was urban, but by 1990 it was up to 70 percent. Today, about 80 percent of the region’s population lives in cities, making Latin America the world’s most urbanized region. (In comparison, the European Union is 74 percent urbanized, the East Asia and Pacific region, 50 percent). By 2050, UN-Habitat predicts Latin America’s cities will include 90 percent of the region’s population. A busy street in Medellín, Colombia, where more than two million people commute in the country’s second largest city. Medellín has transformed itself from murder capital to the most innovative city in the world in just two decades.Latin America’s dramatic shift to a highly urbanized region has significant ramifications, many of which have been detailed by the McKinsey Global Institute:
Such explosive, unprecedented growth will require innovative shifts in urban planning, economic models, and global governance structures. Growing cities will have to revamp public infrastructure expenditure to increase citizens’ living standards, but these transformations also offer a unique opportunity for city leaders to shape an emerging global dialogue on urban development. Moving Forward: Policy ConsiderationsAs the world’s most urbanized region, Latin America is a critical platform from which to launch a global dialogue on urban trends. For urbanization to be a net positive for Latin America—and for the world to learn from the region’s experiences—policy formulation must take into account the following:
In the coming decades, cities will increasingly shape local and national policy and decision-making. The
Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center seeks to become a hub for thought leadership on Latin America’s leading role in the global urban trend by examining lessons learned around the region’s urbanization story and connecting Latin America’s experience to that of cities across the
world. What was the role of the United States in relation to Latin America during the entire nineteenth century?What was the role of the United States in relation to Latin America during the entire nineteenth century? The United States had a strong say on all the political and economic decisions Latin American countries made throughout the entire century.??
Who was Raúl Prebisch quizlet?Raúl Prebisch was an Argentine economist in the mid twentieth century.
What was the role of the United States in Latin America in the 1920s and 1930s?The United States emerged in the 1920s as the overwhelmingly dominant economic presence in Latin America and, relying on its economic strength, began to dismantle its empire in the Caribbean, send financial advisers to Latin America, and negotiate more positively with Mexico in petroleum disputes brought on by the ...
Who were the prime beneficiaries of Latin America export boom?It did “not transform” Latin America in a sense because the only people that really benefited from the boom was the elite and middle class. The “direct beneficiaries of this export bonanza were the large landowners.” (BBF 195) Other beneficiaries were middle class professionals/office workers.
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