Economic commission for the Latin America and the Caribbean

The CEPALC or Economic commission for the Latin America and the Caribbean is an organization depend on founded UNO in 1948. In Spanish: Cepal or Comisión Económica para América Latina . Cépalc publishes statistics on the economic situation and the Pauvreté in Latin America. These figures are consultable on the official site, in Spanish.

The November 7th 2002, the institution published a document called social Panorama of América Latina 2001-2002 . Here some elements of the report/ratio:

2002 : the number of the poor would increase by 7 million to reach 221 million

2001: 214 million the poor lives in Latin America, that is to say 43% of the population of the zone
2000: 206,7 million the poor
until 1997: the number of the poor was rather in fall.

Its seat is with Santiago (Chile).

External bond

  • the Spanish official site

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