The recession expanded the universe of nuclear households headed by a woman, as it shot up from 42%, in 2019, to 57.2%; while with respect to 2022, the increase was 3 percentage points (54.2%), according to the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). Thus, “The photograph of the poor home […]
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4 out of 10 Lima residents are hungry due to lack of money
Hunger worsened in Metropolitan Lima, reflecting the growth of urban poverty during 2023, according to the INEI. The calorie deficit, which measures the insufficiency of calories acquired in a home to satisfy basic nutritional requirements, reached 43.5% of the capital’s population, and was just over 6 percentage points away from the national rate (36%). , […]
More than 1.9 million Peruvians cannot cover their minimum expenses for food
According to a recent report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), 5.7% of Peruvians are in extreme poverty; That is, around 1.9 million Peruvians cannot cover their basic food basket, “a worrying figure that denotes a situation of food insecurity in thousands of Peruvian families,” said Jessica Huamán, dean of the College […]
The reality of climate change in South Sudan: drought, plagues and famine
The effects of climate change are already a reality for farmers South Sudanese like Samuel Yuot Nyok, who in recent years has seen the harvest drastically reduced by periods of extreme drought, a change in the seasonality and intensity of rains and the timely arrival of pests that spoil food. In the background, the food […]
Minister José Arista: “We need to grow at rates of 5% or 6% to get out of poverty”
The Minister of Economy and Finance, José Arista, recognized that the 3% growth rate projected for 2024 will not be enough to improve the monetary poverty figures, which this year, in Peru, reached 29% of the population. During the Budget and General Account Commission of the Republic, the head of the MEF said that it […]
INEI: The number of households headed by women increases
According to the report on the evolution of poverty in Peru carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), poor nuclear households headed by women presented an increase of three percentage points compared to 2019, reaching 57 .2% in 2023. It is also observed that within these nuclear households led by women, […]
Almost 10 million Peruvians subsist on less than S/446
29% of Peruvians ended 2023 mired in monetary poverty, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). There are 9 million 780,000 people who do not reach S/446 per month to meet the basic needs of their home: food, health, transportation, housing and education, among others. It is worth adding that The INEI […]
BCRP: poverty in Peru would decline again in 2024 due to growth in economic activity
The Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) anticipated that monetary poverty, which reaches 29% of the Peruvian population, will be reduced towards the end of 2024 due to the growth of economic activity and the gradual fall in the rate of inflation. Although he did not give an estimate of how much poverty could fall […]
José Arista on the rise in poverty: “Suddenly something could have been done”
After knowing the figures from the latest report from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on monetary poverty in Peru, the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), José Arista, blamed climate change and protests for the increase. of poverty, stating that “suddenly something could have been done. According to data […]
Poverty reached 29% of Peruvians: it would take more than 20 years to reduce it to the pre-pandemic level
If the 3% GDP growth projected for the coming years continues, the poverty rate would only reach 20% in 2046, according to the Private Competitiveness Council. Join the WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar today in Peru: what is the exchange rate for this Thursday, May 9 Banco de la Nación payment schedule: review the […]