From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord@igc.apc.org>
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Date: 14 Aug 92 10:31 PDT
Subject: IPS:Economic Adjustment Forces
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: IPS:Economic Adjustment Forces

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Title: LATIN AMERICA: ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT FORCES CHILDREN ONTO
THE

street

bonn, aug 10 (ips/carlos bendana) -- the growing number of
children working and living on latin america's streets reflects
the neglect that social aspects have suffered in official economic
adjustment programmes.

according to a study done by the international humanitarian
organization, terre des hommes (th), there are between 25 and 30
million children working in latin america.

the economic difficulties which confront family units in colombia
alone have forced about 500,000 children under the age of 12 to
work.

since 1980, the number of children abandoned by their parents has
grown rapidly in the south american country of 30.2 million
inhabitants, the study points out.

while a total of some 25,000 children were abandoned in the eight
years between 1972 and 1980, more recently a similar number are
abandoned in any given year, according to ''terre des hommes.''

brazil's 147.4 million inhabitants include at least seven million
children for whom the street is home, while at least half a
million children eke out a precarious existence on the streets of
peru, which has a population of 21.7 million.

the study highlights that about half of latin america's children
aged under 15 years live in extrem sjocips cw

latin america: economic adjustment forces children onto the
street

bonn, aug 10 (ips/carlos bendana) -- the growing number of
children working and living on latin america's streets reflects
the neglect that social aspects have suffered in official economic
adjustment programmes.

according to a study done by the international humanitarian
organization, terre des hommes (th), there are between 25 and 30
million children working in latin america.

the economic difficulties which confront family units in colombia
alone have forced about 500,000 children under the age of 12 to
work.

since 1980, the number of children abandoned by their parents has
grown rapidly in the south american country of 30.2 million
inhabitants, the study points out.

while a total of some 25,000 children were abandoned in the eight
years between 1972 and 1980, more recently a similar number are
abandoned in any given year, according to ''terre des hommes.''

brazil's 147.4 million inhabitants include at least seven million
children for whom the street is home, while at least half a
million children eke out a precarious existence on the streets of
peru, which has a population of 21.7 million.

the study highlights that about half of latin america's children
aged under 15 years live in extrem

latin america: economic adjustment forces children onto the
street

bonn, aug 10 (ips/carlos bendana) -- the growing number of
children working and living on latin america's streets reflects
the neglect that social aspects have suffered in official economic
adjustment programmes.

according to a study done by the international humanitarian
organization, terre des hommes (th), there are between 25 and 30
million children working in latin america.

the economic difficulties which confront family units in colombia
alone have forced about 500,000 children under the age of 12 to
work.

since 1980, the number of children abandoned by their parents has
grown rapidly in the south american country of 30.2 million
inhabitants, the study points out.

while a total of some 25,000 children were abandoned in the eight
years between 1972 and 1980, more recently a similar number are
abandoned in any given year, according to ''terre des hommes.''

brazil's 147.4 million inhabitants include at least seven million
children for whom the street is home, while at least half a
million children eke out a precarious existence on the streets of
peru, which has a population of 21.7 million.

the study highlights that about half of latin america's children
aged under 15 years live in extreme poverty.

according to the document, the causes of their plight include the
corruption and incapacity of latin american governments during the
1980s, the inequitable distribution of wealth in the sub-continent
and the massive capital flight.

it also points a finger at the structure of the world economy,
''the main obstacle to the development of latin american
economies,'' which depend mostly on a few export products like
coffee, bananas and sugar. the fall of world market prices for
these products reduces the export earnings of the region's
countries, the study emphasizes.

in central america alone, the drop in the prices of coffee, one of
the area's main export products, has meant annual losses of 450
million dollars since 1989.

the sale of bananas, the only raw material so far unaffected by
falling prices, is jeopardized by protectionist measures projected
by the european community (ec).

the proposed measures stand to reduce the annual earnings of latin
american producers by 400 million dollars, according to the union
of banana exporting countries (upeb). (more)
----

latin america: economic adjustment forces children onto the
street

bonn, aug 10 (ips/carlos bendana) -- the growing number of
children working and living on latin america's streets reflects
the neglect that social aspects have suffered in official economic
adjustment programmes.

according to a study done by the international humanitarian
organization, terre des hommes (th), there are between 25 and 30
million children working in latin america.

the economic difficulties which confront family units in colombia
alone have forced about 500,000 children under the age of 12 to
work.

since 1980, the number of children abandoned by their parents has
grown rapidly in the south american country of 30.2 million
inhabitants, the study points out.

while a total of some 25,000 children were abandoned in the eight
years between 1972 and 1980, more recently a similar number are
abandoned in any given year, according to ''terre des hommes.''

brazil's 147.4 million inhabitants include at least seven million
children for whom the street is home, while at least half a
million children eke out a precarious existence on the streets of
peru, which has a population of 21.7 million.

the study highlights that about half of latin america's children
aged under 15 years live in extreme poverty.

according to the document, the causes of their plight include the
corruption and incapacity of latin american governments during the
1980s, the inequitable distribution of wealth in the sub-continent
and the massive capital flight.

it also points a finger at the structure of the world economy,
''the main obstacle to the development of latin american
economies,'' which depend mostly on a few export products like
coffee, bananas and sugar. the fall of world market prices for
these products reduces the export earnings of the region's
countries, the study emphasizes.

in central america alone, the drop in the prices of coffee, one of
the area's main export products, has meant annual losses of 450
million dollars since 1989.

the sale of bananas, the only raw material so far unaffected by
falling prices, is jeopardized by protectionist measures projected
by the european community (ec).

the proposed measures stand to reduce the annual earnings of latin
american producers by 400 million dollars, according to the union
of banana exporting countries (upeb). (more)
----

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