Can you tell me what does ECLAC stand for and how can I get a citation for this information??
Marta
Juan Jose Barrios wrote:
> Maybe some of you are interested in the results of a study carried on by
> ECLAC
> on Poverty and Indigency (needies) in Latin America:
>
> Poverty Line(1) Indigency
> Line(2)
>
> Country Year Country Urban Rural Country Urban
> Rural
>
> Argentina 1990 16 4
> 1994 10 2
> 1997 13
> 3
>
> Bolivia 1990 47
> 20
> 1994 46 17
> 1997 44 16
>
> Brazil 1990 41 36 64 18
> 13 38
> 1993 37 33 53 15
> 12 30
> 1996 29 25 46 11
> 8 23
>
> Chile 1990 33 33 34 11
> 10 12
> 1994 24 24 26 7
> 6 8
> 1996 20 19 26 5
> 4 8
>
> Colombia 1990 35 12
> 1994 47 41 57 25
> 16 38
> 1997 45 39 54 20
> 15 29
>
> Costa Rica 1990 24 22 25 10
> 7 12
> 1994 21 18 23 8
> 6 10
> 1997 20 17 23 7
> 5 9
>
> Ecuador 1990 56 23
> 1994 52 22
> 1997 50 19
>
> El Salvador 1995 48 40 58 18
> 12 27
> 1997 48 39 62 19
> 12 28
>
> Guatemala 1989 63 48 72 37
> 23 45
>
> Honduras 1990 75 65 84 54
> 38 66
> 1994 73 70 76 49
> 41 55
> 1997 74 67 80 48
> 35 59
>
> Mexico 1989 39 34 49 14
> 9 23
> 1994 36 29 47 12
> 6 20
> 1996 43 38 53 16
> 10 25
>
> Nicaragua 1997 66 36
>
> Panama 1991 36 34 43 16
> 14 21
> 1994 30 25 41 12
> 9 20
> 1997 27 25 34 10
> 9 14
>
> Paraguay 1990 37 10
> 1994 42 15
> 1996 40 13
>
> Perú 1997 37 25 61 18
> 7 41
>
> Dom. Rep 1997 32 32 34 13
> 11 15
>
> Uruguay 1990 12 2
> 1994 6 1
> 1997 6 1
>
> Venezuela 1990 34 33 38 12
> 11 17
> 1994 42 41 48 15
> 14 23
> 1997 42 17
>
> Lat. Am. 1994 38 32 56 16
> 11 34
> 1997 36 30 54 15
> 10 31
>
> (1)= % of households below poverty line (income is not enough to
> buy a
> consumption basket)
> (2)= % of households below inigency line (income is not enough to
> cover
> min. nutritional requierments)
>
> Hope this starts come interesting discussion.
>
> Juan
-- Marta Russell author, Los Angeles, CA Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract http://www.commoncouragepress.com/ramps.html