Bolivia, Haiti, Ecuador and Brazil, the most unequal countries in Latin America.
San Jose, July 22 .- Bolivia, Haiti, Ecuador and Brazil are, in that order, the most unequal countries of Latin America, while Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Argentina the most egalitarian, the report said regional Human Development UNDP, presented today in San Jose.
The document, which focuses specifically on the problem of inequality, remember that Latin America is the region, tera gold, of the world in which there are more social disparities, though not the poorest.
Luis Lopez, one of the researchers, explained at a press conference that the continent is a delicate situation, because even in the best-performing countries, inequality is persistent, and comprises elements of both "legacy" as erroneous public policy.
If Latin America is divided by sub-region, no large differences,, buy kinah, although the Southern Cone region is less unequal, and the Andean region the most unequal.
A common element in all of Latin America is that the greatest victims of inequality are women, as well as the indigenous and African descent.
According to the report, among the poor, the indigenous and Afro-fold at an average of euro-descendants, women are always among the most informal, cheap darkfall gold, workers also receive lower wages and work longer hours.
Solaga Isidro, coordinator of the report, notes that "the political system of the region reinforces the reproduction of inequality" since in most countries, for example, tax systems are "asymmetrical", ie with a strong load consumption instead of taxing income.
Other factors that affect the Latin American inequality is high corruption, the design of public policies designed only to reduce poverty, and weak citizen engagement with public action. nda / hma / vv