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13 wrz 2024 · The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL, 2022) reports that the number of people living in extreme poverty in this region increased to 86 million in 2021 as a...
In the aggregate, in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2000 and 2022, poverty measured with the upper-middle income country (UMIC) poverty line of USD 6.85 per day (2017 PPP) was reduced by 20 percentage points.
10 paź 2024 · Latin America and the Caribbean has made undeniable progress in eradicating poverty in this century. In the early 2000s, about half of the region’s inhabitants lived in poverty, meaning in households with a per capita income of less than $6.85 per day (measured in 2017 dollars).
The biannual Regional Poverty and Inequality Update ffers an in-depth look at poverty trends within Latin America and the Caribbean and aims to shed light on important trends to inform actions and policies that fight poverty.
Latin American countries vary widely in their racial composition, but racism and discrimination are ubiquitous. Sánchez-Ancochea shows that people of indigenous and African descent are far more likely to be in poverty than those of European descent.
17 paź 2022 · At that time, the percentage of Latin Americans and Caribbeans living on less than 6.85 dollars per person per day (2017 Purchasing Power Parity) rose from 52% to 53%. During the pandemic, between 2019 and 2021, we experienced a slightly greater increase in the poverty rate: from 28% to 30%.
The report calls on Latin Americans to understand the connection between all these factors and highlights an entry point that can serve to break free from low growth and high inequality: the implementation of universal social protection systems that are redistributive, fiscally sustainable, and more favorable to growth.
