Analysis of Medellín's Poverty Situation Using the Standard of Living Survey, 2004-2005

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• Lecturas de Economía

Resumen

• This work analyses the results of the Standard of Living Surveys (SFSs) conducted in Medellín during 2004 and 2005 in order to establish the city's advances in human development and standard of living in the administration period of former mayor Sergio Fajardo up to 2006. This article is framed into the human development poverty theory. It disentangles both the Human Development Index and the Standard of Living Index by components. Also, it makes a criticism to the design of the SFS in Medellín. And, finally, it computes UNDP's Human Poverty Index as a complementary measure. The article concludes that it is very difficult to identify changes in poverty from one year to the other and recognizes the municipal government's effort for generating an information mechanism on this issue.

autores

• Florez-Acosta, Jorge
• Mesa Toro, Emiro

fecha de publicación

• 2009

Área temática

• I32 - Medición y análisis de la pobreza
• O15 - Recursos humanos; Desarrollo humano; Distribución de la renta; Migraciones

Enfoque geográfico

• Colombia  Country
• South America  Continent

Líneas de investigación

• Human Development
• Human Development Index
• Human Poverty Index
• Poverty
• Standard of Living Index

Página inicial

• 191

Última página

• 222

Issue

• 70