The food insecurity during 2022 it affected about 258 million people in 58 countries around the world. The figure is almost 38% more than that registered in the previous year when it reached around 192 million people, according to the latest Global Report on Food Crises 2023 (GRFC) prepared by the World Bank. This number […]
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Food insecurity can be combated with trade
Achieve an increase in trade between the countries of Latin America is one of the keys to fight against food insecurity in the region, the general secretary of the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi)the Uruguayan Sergio Abreu. The pandemic and the war in Ukraine caused a loss of 40,000,000 jobs in micro, small and medium-sized […]
About 200 thousand Mypes have disappeared and that explains the poverty
A sum of factors have come together so that the situation of Peruvian micro and small companies (Mypes) is critical and that since 2021, an average of 200,000 of them have disappeared.The director of Mypes Unidas del Perú, Daniel Hermoza, maintained that, before the pandemic, there were around 2 million 400 thousand formal Mypes. But, […]
More than 30% of technology sales are online in Peru
Last year, 7 out of 10 Peruvian consumers (73%) who make their purchases online were forced to spend less on their daily needs due to increased prices, according to a study carried out by the market analysis company G.F.K.. Research also indicates that close to 45% of people believe that now is a good time […]
Amsterdam benefits from its own monster: mass tourism
After two years of travel restrictions due to the pandemic, Amsterdam it’s back to what it was: tourists en masse dragging suitcases down the bike path, and fed-up locals looking for cozy neighborhoods on the outskirts of the Dutch capital. They want to reduce a tourism that, in reality, settles the accounts to the coffers […]
Getting married costs $1,000 more than three years ago
Saying “yes” is one of the most momentous—and costly—decisions in many people’s lives. Although this union, whose international day is commemorated every April 30links the life of a couple, it is also the support of an entire industry. Behind the planning, there are more than twelve businesses, such as flower shops, catering, dresses, parties, among […]
FAO: gender gap in food insecurity widening in Latin America
The gap between men and women in terms of food insecurity widened in Latin Americaespecially as a result of the pandemicand reached 11.3%, well above the world average, alerted this Thursday the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). in the report “The situation of women in agrifood systems”presented at the world headquarters […]
In Japan, 1.5 million people live isolated from society
One and a half million people of working age live isolated from society in Japanand almost 20% attribute their isolation to the pandemicaccording to a study by the Japanese government, the first carried out by the authorities. The phenomenon affects about 2% of people between the ages of 15 and 64, that is, 1.46 million […]
Latin America sees return of Chinese loans after pause due to COVID
Latin America is becoming a destination for Chinese loans again, after the pandemic of covid-19 lead to a suspension of such agreements in a region that has received about $136 billion in debt from state-owned banks in the Asian giant. Brazil, Barbados and Guyana last year received a total of $813 million of the China […]
How long would a Peruvian survive if they lose their main source of income?
The coronavirus pandemic severely hit the pocket of the family economy in Peru, where more than 70% of the labor force is informal, according to figures from the National Household Survey (Enaho). During this three-year period —interspersed quarantines and habitual political problems—, lThe purchasing power of citizens has been vulnerable to these emergency situations which, […]