Diciembre 03, 2004
Latin American Youth
The report "Social Panamora of Latin America" released by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) found that poverty decreased a little in the region, but running far behind the pace to reach the Millenium Development Goals.
One especially interesting section in the report includes a demographic look at Latin American youth.
It is noted that the Latin American youth of today are more severely affected than other groups by a series of troubling paradoxes, such as the combination of greater access to education with fewer employment opportunities, of freer access to information with less access to power and of greater expectations of autonomy with fewer chances for acheiving it.
The summary can be found on the link above, and the full report will be released in the near future.
Posted by eduardo at Diciembre 3, 2004 11:43 AM