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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Caribbean & Central America - 14 June 2018
PANAMA: Poverty continues to pervade Panama’s indigenous population
Panama may have one of the strongest economies in Latin America, with 5.5% growth in 2017, expected to rise this year and through to 2019, but the country’s indigenous communities continue to be crippled by inequality and poverty. In March, the World Bank (WB) approved a US$80m loan to aid the implementation of the Comprehensive National Plan for Indigenous Peoples (PDIPIP), created on the recommendation of James Anaya, former United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples (2008-2014), following his July 2013 visit to the country.
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