In Latin America and the Caribbean some 200 million people live in poverty, with 82 million in extreme poverty, points out a report from the UN Economic Commission for the region, ECLAC.

Thus, as a result of the prolonged health and social crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the extreme poverty rate in Latin America has risen from 13.1% of the population in 2020 to 13.8% ...

Latin America was the only region in the World to have experienced significant declines in inequality in that period. Poverty also fell in Latin America, although this was replicated in other regions, ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 29 developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and ...

Persistent poverty and reduced international aid hinder progress, but organized crime is key in exacerbating the region’s ...

Working Paper 31. Manchester: Brooks World Poverty Institute. Bosch, Mariano, and Marco Manacorda. 2012. “Social Policies and Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of the ...

Poverty among afro-descendants and indigenous groups is two, three, and sometimes even more times higher than among the white population. Latin America is not the region with the largest share or ...

Latin America and the Caribbean is a dynamic region ... and resilience to climate change, with the goal of ending poverty on a livable planet. Amid increasing global economic volatility, countries in ...

However, the most negative aspect of the report is that Colombia has one of the highest levels of poverty, income inequality and labor market informality in Latin America, which also affects ...