Estimating the Number of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20052672
AutoresHeather Marie Layton, Harry Anthony Patrinos (0000-0002-4939-3568)
Año2006
Páginas25-39
Fecha de publicación2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaIndigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9780230377226_2
OpenAlexW2506512756
ISBN9780230377226
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

According to national statistics the indigenous population of Latin America is about 28 million. Other estimates range from 34 million (Gnerre, 1990) to 43 million (Barie, 2003).1 This wide range is the result of the many different methods used to calculate the size of the indigenous population and the varying definitions of ‘indigenous’. In some countries the discrepancy between official government statistics and the estimates provided by indigenous organizations is a matter of some debate, due largely to the public policy ramifications of under- or overestimating the size of the population. The reasons for defining an individual, a household or a population as indigenous run from the practical to the political. Estimating the size of any population is important to the development of appropriate social policies in terms of both scope and substance, for setting budgets and so on. Knowing the size of their own population is also essential to indigenous groups when making demands for better services

Biology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Indigenous · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Population · Population size · Public policy · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Computer Science · Demography · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Indigenous Health and Education · Law · Ecology