Urban Poor in Latin America

If you are poor in Latin America you are probably miserable, but at least you have plenty of company. About 175 million people, 36 percent of the region's population, live in poverty, and more than half of the poor live in cities. This collection of eight essays and reports fills in the details, including the experiences of the urban poor in the labor market, safe and decent shelter, violence and insecurity, public health, self-reliance, social capital and social safety nets, or lack of them. Th…