In a year where the Peruvian GDP would close close to 0% or even negative, monetary poverty will continue to rise. Julio DemartiniMinister of Development and Social Inclusion (Midis), indicated that, with the current recession panorama, the index of vulnerable citizens would be close to that seen in the pandemic (30% of the population).
“Possibly, it is the projection. We are already requesting information from the INEI and other institutions for prevention, the actions we must take; not in a reactive way, but in a preventive way,” he told the press.
It is worth adding that currently The poverty ratio is 27.5% of the population —9 million 184,000 people— and, according to estimates from fronts such as the World Bank, one in three Peruvians will end up in poverty by 2023. BBVA maintains that more than 9 million compatriots will remain poor until 2028.
Demartini noted that the Executive will take action with the UN to contain the passage of El Niño, since we have “an economy that has not yet reactivated in the way we would like.”
“For this reason, we have proposed a budget increase of almost one billion soles. With that budget we are going to close gaps and incorporate users into the various programs: Pensión 65, Contigo, Juntos, Cuna Más and all those productive programs like Foncodes, to not only provide containment, but also promote the development of capabilities.“, he concluded.
Source: Larepublica
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