Publication: Regional Poverty and Inequality Update Spring 2024
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2024-07-12
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2024-07-12
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This is the April 2024 issue of the bi-annual Regional Poverty and Inequality Update for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which summarizes the main facts related to poverty and inequality in LAC using the new wave of harmonized household surveys from the Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (SEDLAC). This brief was produced by the Poverty and Equity Global Practice in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank.
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“World Bank. 2024. Regional Poverty and Inequality Update Spring 2024. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41862 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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