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Latin American Economy & Business - April 2016 (ISSN 1741-7430)
Region: Poverty rate begins to edge up
According to the 2015 Social Panorama of Latin America, published in March by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and The Carribbean (ECLAC), more than a decade of steady reductions in poverty rates may have come to an end last year. If this is more than a temporary blip, there are at least two implications: one is that the region may begin to see a moderate increase in social and political tensions, and second, that the strong growth of the middle classes, which has boosted consumer demand, may also be easing back.
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