Urban employment: research and policy in Latin America

Trends in urban employment policy research and design in Latin America are discussed. "This article is organized into three main parts.... The first reviews research and policies in the 1970s, while the second deals with the 1980s. The two periods are set off by different economic conditions and, particularly, by the severe crisis which has affected the region since the beginning of the present decade. Finally, in the third part the nature of the current debate on the subject will be outlined."