Rural Poverty in Twentieth-Century Colombia

Bibliographic Data

ID4547501
AuthorsAlbert Berry (University of Toronto, corresponding author)
Year1978
Volume20
Issue4
Pages355-376
Publication date1978-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1937 • E-ISSN: 2162-2736
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/165441
OpenAlexW2783943428
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited6

Until recently Colombia has been a mainly rural and agricultural country. At the turn of the century probably 65% to 75% of the labor force was in agriculture; by 1951 this share had fallen to about 55% and in 1975 to about 35%. The share of population in rural areas was a little higher. In 1900 perhaps 50% to 55% of output came from agriculture; though it remains the main producing sector, its share had fallen to 25% by 1974.Colombia has always had a highly unequal distribution of income, the major historical cause being an extremely unequal distribution of land. Over the years economic policy could be fairly described as "urban biased," so that the group to whose welfare public policy has contributed the least are the landless agricultural workers, including a good number of migrant workers

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Income distribution · Inequality · Market economy · Political science · Population · Poverty · Rural area · Rural population · Rural poverty · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Welfare · Agricultural and Food Production Studies · Demography · Economic and Social Development · History and Politics in Latin America

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