2015 Regional Overview of Food Insecurity Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Overview of Food Insecurity Latin America and the Caribbean Key messages. Situated in South America just n of the Tropic of Capricorn, Bolivia has a total area of 1,098,580 sq km 424,164 sq mi, extending about 1,530 km 950 mi n s. Local authoritydriven initiatives that contribute to extending these freedoms to poorer communities, marginalized groups, and other slum dwellers whose access. Bachelor of Science in the School of Engineering. Departments within the School of Engineering offer programs leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in the. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. Preliminary results, year ended 30 June 2017 RNS regulatory news service news. Latin Americas middle class grows, but in some regions more than others. As a whole, Latin America enjoyed solid economic growth in the first decade of this century, with a fall in poverty, a decrease in income inequality and a rise of its middle class. But in many respects, it was a tale of two Americas, with South America and Mexico seeing more of these gains than Central America and the Caribbean. From 2. 00. 1 to 2. South America was one of three areas in the world along with China and Eastern Europe that significantly expanded its middle income population, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Driven by an abundant supply of commodities for export oil, copper, iron, soybeans, beef, etc. and a surge in commodity prices worldwide, many South American economies prospered from global trade and from the steady demand of resources in an increasingly industrialized China. South Americas middle income population grew 1. You can apply to transfer to UWG if You have graduated from high school or completed your GED, Taken collegelevel coursework after high school, AND. Poverty and food The nutrition puzzle Why do so many people in poor countries eat so badlyand what can be done about it Feb 18th 2012 ROME AND SO PAULO. By contrast, the economic status of people in Central America and the Caribbean went mostly unchanged from 2. The middle income share of the population grew only modestly, from 1. Meanwhile, Latin America overall saw its income gap narrow over time. From 2. 00. 0 to 2. World Bank. While economic growth was the most important factor in both reducing poverty and raising people into the middle class accounting for 7. The decline in inequality in Latin America was spurred in part by social programs designed to aid the poor, through investments in health, education and other sectors. Conditional Cash Transfer programs, for example like Bolsa Familia in Brazil or Oportunidades in Mexico provided cash assistance to the poor if they met certain conditions, such as sending their kids to school. But the economic narrative in Latin America has shifted in recent years. Progress in reducing inequality stalled from 2. In its April 2. 01. Northern Spring, Southern Chills, the International Monetary Fund predicted that growth in Latin America will decline for the fifth straight year. The weakness is concentrated in South American countries, which are much more dependent on commodity exports and are more affected by the drop in prices and by Chinas slowdown than the rest of the region. Prospects are brighter in Central American nations as well as Mexico, according to the IMF. These countries are likely to experience steadier growth moving forward, partly due to their closer economic ties with the U. S. through trade, remittances and tourism as the U. S. continues its recovery from the Great Recession. Topics Latin America, Poverty, World Economies, Income Inequality, Mexico, Middle Class.