There are 9.7 million Peruvians who could not afford the minimum essential services. In rural areas, the total number of extreme poor rose to 16.2%. 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 dates […]
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Extreme poverty in Peru would be at worse levels than in the pandemic
After the presentation of the monetary poverty data for the year 2023 was announced with great fanfare, for this Thursday, May 9, by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), the same entity was responsible for suspending it until next week the results, “for reasons of force majeure.” However, sources close to the INEI […]
In Bogotá, the poor Ciudad Bolívar opens its doors to tourists
Every Sunday in Ciudad Bolívar, one of the poorest neighborhoods in Bogota, an unusual image is seen: groups of touristsinstead of the usual workers, they get on the TransMiCable, a Cableway that runs through this commune in the south of the Colombian capital. After a ten-minute tour through neighborhoods that cling dangerously to the mountain […]
IMF to poor countries: “They must fight corruption to receive support from rich nations”
According to the international front, disadvantaged nations must also collect taxes and improve the quality of their spending so that the powers can help them restructure. Join the WhatsApp channel Fonavi LIVE: list of beneficiaries, how to collect and payment schedule today at Banco de la Nación Price of the dollar today in Peru: what […]
Poverty shuts down weddings in Taliban Afghanistan
Without resources to meet the costs of traditional dowries to get a wife, Afghan youth lengthen the wait to get married marriage, a burden that, according to Afghan society, falls on men. “The poverty and the unemployment “They are the main problems that cause young people to remain single for a long time and not […]
Controversy in Argentina over salary increases for senators in the midst of the crisis
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 […]
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 […]