The senators of Argentinawithout debate and in a show of hands, increased their salaries by 170%, in a decision that generated controversy this Friday due to the harsh economic crisis that the country is going through, with 288% year-on-year inflation and more than half of the population in the poverty. After the vote, which took […]
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The Peruvian economy will not take off in 2024
Both the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Central Bank (BCRP) anticipate that the GDP will rebound, after the recession, to 3% this year. Yesterday, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reduced its projection from 2.7% to 2.5%; and, although its report does not delve into the defects and challenges facing the Peruvian economy, […]
World Bank: a third of Peruvians were poor in 2022
According to the last update in March 2024, the World Bank declared that poverty in our country reached 32.2% and the vulnerability line was 39.4%. In that sense, approximately 7 out of every 10 Peruvians found themselves in a situation of poverty or vulnerability. This reveals that until now both levels remain above pre-pandemic figures, […]
Poverty in Peru: World Bank places this indicator at 32.2% in 2022
According to the latest update from the World Bank, poverty in Peru, at the end of 2022, covered 32.2% of compatriots, while 39.4% of Peruvians were located in the line of vulnerability. The first indicator remains above three points compared to 2019 and the second above two points, also in reference to the pre-pandemic period. […]
The Olympic Games, a gold medal for the suburbs of Paris?
Less than 500 meters separate the Stadium from France of the Francs-Moisins neighborhood, devastated by the poverty and crime, in the suburb of Saint-Denis north of Paris, that with the Olympic Games could experience its long-awaited rebirth. Samia Achoui, a secretary who lives in one of the gray blocks hit by drug trafficking, does not […]
Latin America and the Caribbean commit to eradicating hunger and poverty
The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean They committed this Thursday to eradicate hunger, poverty and structural inequalities in order to guarantee the right to adequate food, without leaving anyone behind. That is one of the main conclusions of the 38th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), […]
Rebound in the economy would bring GDP to 2.7% in 2024
After in 2023 the economic activity recorded its worst result in 30 years, discounting the pandemic, and contracted by 0.6%, the dissipation of climatic anomalies (in terms of intensity and duration) is leading to improved forecasts for the rebound of the gross domestic product (GDP). for this year. Thus, BBVA Research raised its estimate from […]
“Poverty globally has a woman’s face,” remembers António Guterres
The secretary general of the UN, Antonio Guterresrecalled this Monday that “the poverty “They generally have the face of a woman.”while among those in charge of combating it there is an overwhelming male majority: 8 out of 10 finance ministers and more than 9 out of 10 central bank governors are men. Guterres thus drew […]
8 of 10 common pots would close due to the decision of the Midis
It is known that the pandemic, apart from the thousands of deaths and increasing social inequalities, left examples of resilience and organization to survive. Common pots embody that fighting spirit. At the national level Nearly 4,000 common pots have been mapped — the capital concentrates just over 90%—. Of this universe, 77% would be at […]
Poverty and repression: North Korean defector denounces what the pandemic meant in his country
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Mr. Kim is one of the few North Koreans who, after fleeing his country, can tell what happened there during the pandemic. His story sheds light on the greater repression and the economic and nutritional deterioration that the covid and that human rights organizations denounce. The coronavirus restrictions began in his border province of South […]