BRAZIL:
The urban population is growing extremely fast in Latin America. It is estimated that by 2050, 89 percent of the population will be living in cities.
Although this huge transformation is occurring worldwide, In latin America the issue is that there exists a huge inequality. The distribution of wealth has become a huge problem. It’s not only an internal issue, but it has become an obvious problem. For instance, the Favelas surrounding the cities.
This is how it is measured: In the average developed nations the richest 20 percent is six times higher than the poorest, In Latin America, the richest earns 12 times more than the poorest(Valeria pero,2004) In the 20th century the favela growth rate was 2.4 % while the actual city grew was just 0.38%.
Brazil and its economic boom:
Brazil moved up from a rural country to an urban one in a fast pace. From 1960- 2000, Brazilian cities absorbed 108 million new residents most of them poor, usually in the favelas. The farmers in the north moved to the south for a better way of life and 3 out of 5 Brazilians living in the country side left to the city.
The graph on the top, shows the Favela and Non- Favela growth in Rio De Janeiro. The second on the top shows regions and it's percentage earning from 1950-2000
The Second at the bottom shows the landscape of Inequality, which is the average income of the heads of household in each CENSUS region. (Janice Perlman, 2009)
Perlman’s opinion:"If the wealth was distributed more equally than many of the rural poor will have access to a more comfortable way of life. Brazil’s economy is growing, and according to statistics it will keep on growing. Brazils GDP, 2 years ago was US $199 trillion, who is to say that only a few, generally white Brazilians are obtaining that wealth".
