Urban poverty

Équivalents :	Pauvreté urbaine Pobreza urbana

Domaine :	Économie Secteur d'activité

Condition of individuals and families who live in urban areas and whose income is less than the minimum deemed necessary to meet basic needs.

Urban poverty is characterized by:

"Insufficient or unstable income, which leads to inadequate consumption;
Risks caused by deficient access to basic goods and services;
Low-quality housing that leaves residents more vulnerable to critical sanitary problems, contamination, crime and natural disasters; and
Discrimination and limited access to the formal labor market, in particular for women and ethnic groups."

(Inter-American Development Bank, Urban poverty, 2007, visited 2009-09-29)

Contrastif	RURAL POVERTY

Législation	Millennium Development Goals