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In the year 2004, it was evoked the International Conference on Population and Development, made 10 years ago by ONU, we consider pertinent to explore the progress, specially in the proposals of urbanization. The secretary Annan manifested that if the population subjects are approached with decision, the ODM could be reached. At the beginning of the second half of century y XX, the migratory process from the field to the city had approximately generated an urban population of 40% in the region. To 1995, the urban population was calculated in approximately 70%. In developing countries including the Latín American region, most of this urban population lives in conditions of marginality. The national governments have not had the capacity to maintain the rate of growth of the urban services as the same speed as it is demanded.

In the year 2004, it was evoked the International Conference on Population and Development, made 10 years ago by ONU, we consider pertinent to explore the progress, specially in the proposals of urbanization. The secretary Annan manifested that if the population subjects are approached with decision, the ODM could be reached. At the beginning of the second half of century y XX, the migratory process from the field to the city had approximately generated an urban population of 40% in the region. To 1995, the urban population was calculated in approximately 70%. In developing countries including the Latín American region, most of this urban population lives in conditions of marginality. The national governments have not had the capacity to maintain the rate of growth of the urban services as the same speed as it is demanded.

"Exceptionally well researched and data-rich study. A brief summary chapter on recent Caribbean Basin urban trends is followed by two longer in-depth studies of Costa Rican changes (esp. in metropolitican San José) and of Guatemala City. Close attention is paid to 30-40 years of economic changes, including topics such as migration, maquiladoras, the informal sectors, economic differences across the capital-city areas, and urban policies"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

"Comparative, historical study of Caribbean urbanization includes chapters by S. Manigat on Haiti, D. Gordon and S. Dixon on Jamaica, and W. Lozano and I. Duarte on the Dominican Republic. Each chapter reviews governmental economic policy and its effects on urban areas, class divisions, urban ecological differentiation, and internal and international migration"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57