Social Panorama of Latin America 2004
Publisher: United Nations Publications
Published: January 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789211215267
Subjects: International relations; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; International Relations - General
First sentence: The latest available figures on poverty and indigence in Latin America indicate that, as of 2002, there were 221 million poor people in the region (44-0% of the total population) and that 97 million of these people were living in extreme poverty or indigence (19.4%).