The people of Bogota : who they are, what they earn, where they live
MOHAN, R. | DED
This paper describes the characteristics of the population of Bogota: who are the people, what are their characteristics, what they do and where do they live on the basis of a detailed examination of several primary data sources. It also places the development of Bogota in a historical and national context in order to provide a better understanding of currently existing patterns. Bogota has gone through a phase of extremely rapid urbanization over the past half century during which it has grown more than ten fold. The data on fertility rates, trends in the participation of women in the labor force and indications of a recent slow down in the rate of growth of Bogota suggest that the next decade will see Bogota growing much more slowly. The demographic structure of the city is much like that of other Latin American cities: it has a high proportion of women, as well as children under 15 years of age, the latter comprising more than 40% of the population. Thus, the labor force of Bogota can be expected to continue to expand at high rates even after the population growth slows down. The city has a balanced economic structure which is not dominated by manufacturing, nor services nor administration, as it is in some other large cities of the world.
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