Cepal sees poverty reduction in Latin America stalling in 2023
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal), projects...
August 25, 2023Topic
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54.2% of children in Argentina aged 0-14 were poor at the end of 2022
The poverty rate in Argentina stood at 39.2 percent at the end of 2022, covering 11.5 million people, the National...
March 31, 2023
Poverty in Uruguay dropped to 9.9% in 2022
The percentage of people living below the poverty line in Uruguay (by the income method) dropped to 9.9 percent in...
March 28, 2023
In Haiti, two hundred thousand more children have gone hungry since March
About 200,000 more children in Haiti have faced a hunger crisis this year, and nearly half of the population does...
November 14, 2022
Lasso’s government reduces Ecuador’s poverty rate by more than 7%.
Official figures from the Government of Ecuador show that the income poverty index in the South American country fell by...
October 22, 2022
Argentine government announces food allowance for people with no income in the face of high inflation
The Argentine Minister of Economy, Productive Development, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Sergio Massa, announced yesterday,
October 21, 2022
10.7% of Uruguayans live below the poverty line, report says
The percentage of people living below the poverty line in Uruguay was estimated at 10.7 percent in the first half...
September 30, 2022
Poverty in Argentina reaches 36.5% in the first half of the year
Poverty in Argentina reached 36.5 percent at the end of the year's first half, down 0.8 percentage points compared to...
September 29, 2022
PM of Cape Verde acknowledges African Development Bank support for poverty reduction
"The African Development Bank ADB has been in Cape Verde overcoming all adversities caused by exogenous shocks and has always...
September 7, 2022