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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.

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This chart shows the share of respondents from selected countries who think that poverty is among the main issues in their country (in percent).

By Percy Hintzen Percy C. Hintzen is a native of Guyana.  He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California Berkeley ...