Nicaragua: Children and young people main victims of inequality
At 75% the proportion of Nicaraguan children who complete primary school is the lowest in Latin America and the Caribbean, symbolising the multiple deprivations they suffer.
Jamaica: Fighting for rights
To win their rights, Jamaicans have to shake off the burden of 200 years of colonial history.
Brazil is still unequal, despite social programmes
Brazil’s Bolsa Família programme is widely held up as a model, but it hasn’t made Brazil more equal, says INESC.
LAB: RESEARCH AND ACTION AND THE NEW INTERNATIONALISM
Distinguished LAB author Jenny Pearce looks back at the commitment to research and action that has marked LAB’s 35 years
PERU – THE TYRANNY OF STATISTICS
The Peruvian economy has been growing at record rates over the last few years but behind the label of 'middle-income country' lies a harsh reality of hardship and inequality.
THE REAL BRAZIL
A new study for Christian Aid by CEBRAP and other Brazilian partners shows that, even though inequality declined between 2003 and 2009, the process has now stopped. It then makes policy recommendations to tackle this enduring problem.
‘GROWTH FOR EQUALITY’ THE ECLAC WAY
Employment, state intervention and structural change are among the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's recipes for bringing greater equality to the region.
LATIN AMERICA’S INEQUALITY TRAP
The UNDP's first Regional Human Development Report for Latin America and the Caribbean, published in 2010, offers some proposals for tackling Inequality.
LATIN AMERICA: THE SCANDAL OF INEQUALITY
Although some progress has been made over the last decade, Latin America is still the region in the world with the highest level of social inequality. Christian Aid analyses the problem in a report published earlier this year.
A conversation with Eduardo Galeano
“Two centuries of workers’ gains thrown into the garbage can” says the famous Uruguayan writer.