LATIN AMERICA - FROM BEING THE MOST URBANIZED REGION TO THE PRESENCES OF INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE REGION HAS ACTED AS A HURDLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT

Authors

  • Dr.Sumanta Bhattacharya Research Scholar at MAKAUT , Public–Foreign-Defence Policy Analyst , C.E , CH.E , CCIO M.Tech , MA in Development Studies, LLB , DIA&D , DG&GS ,PGCPP&A , MPI(oxford University)
  • Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ray National Research Professor ,Ministry of Human Resource Development ,GOI ,Former Centenary Professor of International Relation, Department of History , CU, and Institute of Foreign studies , CU and Honorary Consultant for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations, Kolkata, Former Chairman ,Maulana Azad Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata .
  • Shakti Sinha Honorary Director , Atal Bihar Vajpayee Institute of Policy Research and International Studies
  • Bhavneet Kaur Sachdev Political Science hons ( Calcutta University ),Masters in Development studies

Keywords:

Latin America, economic crisis, violence

Abstract

Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world with 80% of its people living in cities and home to several problems starting from economic to political crisis , where violence and inequality domains the region , the cities are corrupted and the political institutions are weak, the country lacks proper education , where the bulk of the society is uneducated and working in the informal sector , due to high gender discrimination in the employment sector , the region has not experienced progressive development in the economic region , where some parts of the region is highly developed . The Amazon Rainforest which produces 22 % of the world’s oxygen is now burning , rapid environment and climate changes have made the life of people miserable, deforestation has emerged as a major contributor to agricultural , environment hazard which has an impact on the economic . The COVID-19 pandemic has declined the economic progress which , Latin America has developed over the last 15 years , there is no chance of development in the region till the next 10 years , as part of the post COVID-19 affect .

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Published

2021-10-22

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Vol. 9 No. 10 (2021): GIIRJ

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