A report published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Eclac) indicates that, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, poverty, extreme poverty and inequality will increase in all the countries of the region. The increase would occur mainly because the disease reaches our countries in a context of low economic growth and high inequality. We discussed it with Julio Berdegué, regional representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
Cepal: poverty in Latin America would increase due to the covid-19
2020-05-14T03:20:01.438Z
A report published by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicates that, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, poverty, extreme poverty and inequality will increase ...