Meeting the Millennium poverty reduction targets in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This report looks at the conditions under which 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries would individually be able to meet the extreme poverty reduction targets established in the Millennium Declaration. It seeks to determine whether or not each country will succeed in halving its extreme poverty...

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Corporate Authors:	United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English Spanish
Published:	Santiago, Chile : United Nations, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2002.
Edition:	1a edition.
Series:	Libros de la CEPAL ; 70.
Subjects:	Poverty > South America. Poverty > Central America. Income distribution > South America. Income distribution > Central America. Poverty > Research > Latin America. Poverty > Research > Central America. Poverty > Effects of income distribution on. Income distribution. Poverty. Poverty > Research. Central America. Latin America. South America.
Summary:	This report looks at the conditions under which 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries would individually be able to meet the extreme poverty reduction targets established in the Millennium Declaration. It seeks to determine whether or not each country will succeed in halving its extreme poverty rate as of 1999, by the year 2015. This effort is part of the United Nations goal to ensure systematic and sustained monitoring and review of progress towards the MDGs in terms of achievements, trends, and shortfalls, and based on authoritative disaggregated data . Numerous tables and figures are presented to help illustrate data.--Publisher's description.