The poverty profile of Latin America and the Caribbean would have resembled that of Chile, the region's star performer. Impact of growth on the poor Why such a powerful effect? We now have important ...

In its Social Panorama of Latin America 2009, the institution projected that the region's poverty rate will rise by 1.1% and that extreme poverty will climb by 0.8% compared with 2008.

Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean ... cities help to explain to a great extent why people abandon the camp for urban areas. In Latin America for several decades now the rural ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 28 developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and ...

Place is one of the best predictors of poverty, but with the emphasis so often on national averages, the action we take to address it can be poorly targeted and unsuitable for those most in need. This ...

In one of the poorest slums in Argentina, hundreds of families rely on a huge landfill site to feed their children. Argentina used to be among the most prosperous countries in Latin America.