Title: La calidad de vida en la ciudad de Bogotá
Description: This research aims to analyze how the access to primary goods impacts on the quality of life of the inhabitants of a city; taking as a case study the city of Bogotá D.C., and employing the method of Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) designed by Sabina Alkire and Maria Emma Santos (Oxford, July 2010), which was adapted for Colombia by the National Department of Planning as a methodology. The research text is quantitative and was elaborated using secondary data from the MPI, developed by the National Planning Department (DNP) for the city of Bogotá, in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Additionally, the author used other sources, which complemented the information. The results found that Bogota, in particular since the second half of the 20th century, underwent the promotion and development of a series of public politics by the local government aimed at ensuring access to all residents to a series of basic goods, which allowed a gradual improvement in the quality of life of all citizens. However, the research also showed, that there is still a high accumulation of wealth.
Subjects: Quality of life, Poverty, Basic needs, Economic conditions, Economic history
Places: Colombia, Bogotá, Bogotá (Colombia)