The future availability of a new Household Spending and Income Survey for Uruguay will enable the assessment of a new official measurement of income poverty in the country. In light of this process, ECLAC’s office in Montevideo edited a new publication that explores the different options for its construction. The document, Measurement of Monetary Poverty in Uruguay: Concepts, Methodologies, Evaluation and Alternatives (No. 37 in the Studies and Perspectives Series by ECLAC’s Office in Montevideo, in Spanish only), reviews the available methodological options and the influence that some of thes…
La futura disponibilidad de una nueva Encuesta de Gasto e Ingresos de los Hogares para Uruguay permitirá la estimación de una nueva medida oficial de pobreza de ingresos en el país. Frente a este proceso, la oficina de la CEPAL en Montevideo editó una nueva publicación que discute las diferentes opciones para su construcción. El documento Medición de la pobreza monetaria en el Uruguay. Conceptos, metodologías, evaluación y alternativas (N⁰ 37 de la Serie Estudios y Perspectivas de la Oficina de la CEPAL en Montevideo) repasa las opciones metodológicas disponibles y la influencia que alguna de …
A futura disponibilidade de uma nova Pesquisa de Gasto e Renda dos Domicílios no Uruguai permitirá a estimação de uma nova medida oficial de pobreza de renda no país. Frente a este processo, o escritório da CEPAL em Montevidéu lançou uma nova publicação que discute as diferentes opções para sua construção. O documento Medição da pobreza monetária no Uruguai. Conceitos, metodologias, avaliação e alternativas (N⁰ 37 da Série Estudos e Perspectivas do Escritório da CEPAL em Montevidéu) examina as opções metodológicas disponíveis e a influência que algumas destas decisões têm nos resultados obtido…
This report offers a review of 14 non-monetary indicators of poverty to monitor progress towards the first Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) “End poverty in all its forms everywhere”. The reviewed indicators are housing materials, overcrowding, housing tenure, durable goods, access to safe water and improved sanitation, access to clean sources of energy, garbage collection and nearby sources of contamination, (public) transportation, child attendance to school and adult schooling, employment, social security and access to health care.…
Countries are increasingly interested in having an official multidimensional poverty index (MPI). This is the expression of a growing consensus regarding the limitations of income poverty measures as standalone indicator. This paper analyses the challenges in designing such indices. Specifically, it addresses the selection of the unit of identification, the selection of dimensions and indicators, including the issue of missing values and the debate on whether to include an indicator of monetary deprivation or not, the weighting structure and the poverty cutoff. In general, for all the reviewed…
The overall poverty rate – measured by income – remained stable in 2017 in Latin America, following increases recorded in 2015 and 2016; however, the proportion of persons living in extreme poverty continued to rise, following the trend observed since 2015, according to the report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). In 2017, the number of people living in poverty reached 184 million (30.2% of the population), of whom 62 million live in extreme poverty (10.2% of the population, the highest percentage since 2008), according to the report, Social Panorama of La…
La tasa general de pobreza -medida por ingresos- se mantuvo estable en 2017 en América Latina, después de los aumentos registrados en 2015 y 2016, sin embargo, la proporción de personas en situación de pobreza extrema continuó creciendo, siguiendo la tendencia observada desde 2015, informó hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL). En 2017, el número de personas viviendo en la pobreza llegó a 184 millones (30,2% de la población), de los cuales 62 millones se encontraban en la extrema pobreza (10,2% de la población, el porcentaje más alto desde 2008), de acuerdo con el i…
A taxa geral da pobreza -medida pela renda- manteve-se estável em 2017 na América Latina, após os aumentos registrados em 2015 e 2016, entretanto, a proporção de pessoas em situação de extrema pobreza continuou crescendo, seguindo a tendência observada desde 2015, informou hoje a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL). Em 2017, o número de pessoas vivendo na pobreza chegou a 184 milhões (30,2% da população), dos quais 62 millhões se encontravam na extrema pobreza (10,2% da população, a porcentagem mais alta desde 2008), de acordo com o relatório Panorama Social da América …
On Tuesday January 15, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will make public its report, Social Panorama of Latin America, which addresses issues such as income and wealth distribution, poverty evolution and trends in the region, the dynamics of social spending, social and labor inclusion of the population and the economic autonomy of women in a context of technological change. The document will be presented by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional organization, during a press conference scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (GMT – 3) at the Commission’s main…