BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The fight against poverty is being accelerated in 2024. Poverty reduction in the context of sustainable development remains high on the agenda for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, in pursuit of the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 1- The Eradication of Poverty in all its Manifestations. Following requests made from Member […]
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems. (January 27, 2022) The health crisis is still ongoing, and Latin America […]
By David Malpass The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the poorest and most vulnerable people in developing countries the hardest, worsening inequality and exacerbating existing challenges—insufficient health care systems, education deficits, stagnant incomes, rising conflict and violence, poorly-selected debt contracts, and climate change. Unfortunately, the delays in beginning the vaccination process in developing countries are deepening global inequality […]
In a new annual report, ECLAC estimates that the total number of poor people rose to 209 million by the end of 2020, which is 22 million more people than in the previous year. In addition, it calls for creating a new welfare state. (March 4, 2021) Poverty and extreme poverty in Latin America reached levels […]
By Manuel Otero Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) Sixteen million family farmers live and work in rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean. Along with their families, they represent the backbone of the agriculture industry, ensuring the food and nutritional security of the region. Despite their vital role, […]
New joint report proposes ten measures to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis. (Santiago, Chile, June 16, 2020) As a result of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the population living in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean could reach 83.4 million people in 2020, which would entail a […]
The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean. (May 12, 2020) To cope with the socioeconomic effects of the crisis caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) […]
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Recent reports of the reduction in murders in Jamaica (about 300 less than last year), while encouraging, provide no reason to think the country has turned the corner on crime. The reduction represents about a 22 per cent decline in murders, which means that our murder rate has declined from about 58 per 100,000 […]
Buenos Aires, 29 April (EFE)– Manuel Otero, the Argentinian Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), today called on politicians to use agriculture as an instrument to break the vicious cycle of poverty in America. In an article published in the Buenos Aires newspaper, La Nación, Otero maintained that “This will […]
