"Valuable survey of basic needs satisfaction based on 1990 census of population and housing. Contains a wealth of data disaggregated by province, canton, and parish (rural only)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

"Three methodological papers on how to measure, characterize, and monitor poverty in Uruguay. The first one describes the criteria used to construct an index of unfulfilled basic needs. The second paper details each of the indicators used to construct the index. The final paper emphasizes the...