For the economy to close at 2.5% this 2023, as expected by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), it would have to grow 3.8% in the remaining months, which is “practically impossible”, according to the economist Luis Arias Minaya. Despite the El Niño phenomenon, the head of the MEF, Alex Contreras, maintains an optimistic […]
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Latin America should grow twice as much as expected to reduce poverty, according to the World Bank
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean should grow by around 5% in the coming years, double what was forecast, to achieve significant progress in reducing the povertyaccording to the chief economist of the World Bank (WB) for the area, William Maloney. “It could be 4%, it could be 6%, but I’m saying double […]
World Bank: GDP growth in Latin America is insufficient to reduce poverty
Latin America will have to grow twice as much as estimated to reduce the spread of poverty, said William Maloney, the World Bank’s chief economist for the region. According to the WB, Latin America’s GDP will close this year with a variation of 1.4% and by 2024, 2.4%, figures that are not enough to alleviate […]
Food insecurity: 4 out of 10 farmers are poor in Peru
He agricultural sector in recent years has been hit by various crises, including the rise in fertilizer prices and weather phenomena such as droughts and heavy rains. This has led to an increase in the level of poverty of farmers. Currently, 4 out of 10 people are poor in agriculture, a situation clearly more critical […]
Hunger and inflation: the consequences of the climate crisis in agriculture
Peruvian agriculture is not going through its best moment. In the last year, the ravages of droughts and rains with intensities not seen in several decades have been suffered, which aggravated the situation of the sector due to the crisis of fertilizers before the ineptitude of the Government to buy them. Now with Cyclone Yaku […]
INEI: chronic malnutrition rose again after 12 years
Chronic malnutrition affected 11.7% of girls and boys under 5 years of age in the country, 0.2% more than in the bicentennial, while obesity and overweight rose 0.5%, according to the latest Demographic and Family Health Survey of the INEI. In addition, anemia increased in the population aged 6 to 35 months (+42.2%), 3.6% higher […]
Puno continues among the regions with 40% poverty
The recent report of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on monetary poverty in the 2022reveals that the Puno region together with Cajamarca, Huánuco, Ayacucho and Pasco exceed 40% poverty. While regarding extreme poverty, it ranks among the top three. According to the entity, 9 million 184 thousand Peruvians are in a situation […]
Poorer households reduced their spending and inequality widens
It is not a secret that the pandemic shook all the socioeconomic dimensions of Peru. As a result, we are witnessing how poverty has advanced and now subdues almost 10 million compatriots, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). What is the most serious symptom of the matter? The poorest Peruvians spent […]
INEI: more than 9 million Peruvians remain submerged in poverty
According to the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), almost a third of Peruvians closed 2022 in the monetary poverty absolute, a situation that reflects the increase in precariousness in Peruvian households. And it is that, despite the macroeconomic bonanza that catapults us as one of the most solid countries in the region, poverty […]
Monetary poverty affected 27.5% of Peruvians in 2022, according to INEI
The monetary poverty It affected 27.5% of Peruvians in 2022, increasing by 1.6% when compared to 2021 (25.9%) and 7.3% compared to what was registered in 2019, reported the National Institute of Statistics. and IT (INEI). In the document Peru: Evolution of Monetary Poverty 2011-2022, prepared with the results of the National Household Survey (ENAHO). […]