Although the Central Bank is saying that poverty has been reduced by 1.6% according to estimates contained in a household income study based on the “Work Force Survey” conducted in April 2011 by demographer Antonio Morillo Perez, a specialist in poverty, the reality remains that there are three million poor people in the country. <\/p>\n
The study found that poverty affects 31.6% of the population now versus 33.2% back in 2010. The poorest of the poor, the indigent, make up 8.8% of the population, and although the percentage has been going down since 2005, according to the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development, the parameters of the study were not revealed.<\/p>\n
What was revealed by the study was the huge imbalance of income between the highest 20% and the lowest. The highest group receives 14.2 times as much income as the poorest 20% on average. However, the figure in 2000 was 19.4 times as much, so this might be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Although the Central Bank is saying that poverty has been reduced by 1.6% according to estimates contained in a household income study based on the “Work Force Survey” conducted in April 2011 by demographer Antonio Morillo Perez, a specialist in poverty, the reality remains that there are three million poor people in the country. The … <\/p>\n