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Estimating the Number of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America

In: Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America

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  • Heather Marie Layton
  • Harry Anthony Patrinos

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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.

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  • Heather Marie Layton & Harry Anthony Patrinos, 2006. "Estimating the Number of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Gillette Hall & Harry Anthony Patrinos (ed.), Indigenous Peoples, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America, chapter 2, pages 25-39, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37722-6_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230377226_2
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    1. Castañeda Navarrete, Jennifer, 2013. "Poverty Dynamics in Mexico, 2002-2005. An Ethnicity Approach," Brazilian Review of Econometrics, Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria - SBE, vol. 33(1), September.
    2. Yörük, Erdem & Öker, İbrahim & Şarlak, Lara, 2019. "Indigenous unrest and the contentious politics of social assistance in Mexico," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 1-1.

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