Poverty in South America, the Glossary
Poverty in South America is prevalent in most of its countries.[1]
Table of Contents
49 relations: Affordable housing, Afro-Brazilians, Argentina, Argentine peso, Austerity, Birth control, Bolivia, Caracas Chronicles, Child poverty, Conditional cash transfer, Consumption (economics), Debit card, Decentralization, Deregulation, Economy of Argentina, Education Index, Evo Morales, Fusion TV, Health insurance cooperative, Human Development Index, Human migration, Hunger, Inflation, Javier Milei, Language, List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty, National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina, Northeast Region, Brazil, Old age, Parental leave, Prenatal care, Price controls, Public hospital, Reuters, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Savings account, Soup kitchen, Stagflation, Subsidy, Suriname, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Unemployment, Unemployment benefits, UNICEF, United Nations, Venezuela, Welfare state, Workers' Party (Brazil), World Bank.
Affordable housing
Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index.
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Afro-Brazilians
Afro-Brazilians (afro-brasileiros) are Brazilians who have predominantly sub-Saharan African ancestry (see "preto").
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Argentine peso
The peso (established as the peso convertible) is the currency of Argentina since 1992, identified within Argentina by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using peso or dollar currencies.
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Austerity
In economic policy, austerity is a set of political-economic policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both.
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Birth control
Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unintended pregnancy.
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Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
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Caracas Chronicles
Caracas Chronicles is a group blog focused on Venezuelan news and analysis in English with a focus on Venezuelan politics and economics in the Chávez and post-Chávez era.
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Child poverty
Child poverty refers to the state of children living in poverty and applies to children from poor families and orphans being raised with limited or no state resources.
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Conditional cash transfer
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions.
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Consumption (economics)
Consumption is the act of using resources to satisfy current needs and wants.
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Debit card
A debit card, also known as a check card or bank card, is a payment card that can be used in place of cash to make purchases.
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Decentralization
Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those regarding planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and given to smaller factions within it.
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Deregulation
Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere.
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Economy of Argentina
The economy of Argentina is the second-largest national economy in South America, behind Brazil.
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Education Index
An Education index is a component of the Human Development Index published every year by the United Nations Development Programme.
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Evo Morales
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born 26 October 1959) is a Bolivian politician, trade union organizer, and former cocalero activist who served as the 65th president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019.
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Fusion TV
Fusion TV was an American pay channel owned by Fusion Media Group, a multi-platform media company subsidiary of Univision Communications, which relied in part on the resources of its parent company's news division, Noticias Univision. In addition to conventional television distribution, Fusion was streamed online and on mobile platforms to subscribers of participating cable and satellite providers.
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Health insurance cooperative
A health insurance cooperative is a cooperative entity that has the goal of providing health insurance and is also owned by the people that the organization insures.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Human migration
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another, with intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily, at a new location (geographic region).
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Hunger
In politics, humanitarian aid, and the social sciences, hunger is defined as a condition in which a person does not have the physical or financial capability to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs for a sustained period.
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Inflation
In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.
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Javier Milei
Javier Gerardo Milei (born 22 October 1970) is an Argentine politician and economist who has served as the president of Argentina since December 2023.
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Language
Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.
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List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
This is a list of countries by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and Our World in Data.
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National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, mostly known for its acronym INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all official statistical activities carried out in the country.
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Northeast Region, Brazil
The Northeast Region of Brazil (Região Nordeste do Brasil) is one of the five official and political regions of the country according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
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Old age
Old age is the range of ages for people nearing and surpassing life expectancy.
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Parental leave
Parental leave, or family leave, is an employee benefit available in almost all countries.
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Prenatal care
Prenatal care, also known as antenatal care, is a type of preventive healthcare.
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Price controls
Price controls are restrictions set in place and enforced by governments, on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market.
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Public hospital
A public hospital, or government hospital, is a hospital which is government owned and is fully funded by the government and operates solely off the money that is collected from taxpayers to fund healthcare initiatives.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
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Santa Cruz Province, Argentina
Santa Cruz Province (Provincia de Santa Cruz,, "Holy Cross") is a province of Argentina, located in the southern part of the country, in Patagonia.
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Savings account
A savings account is a bank account at a retail bank.
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Soup kitchen
A soup kitchen, food kitchen, or meal center is a place where food is offered to the hungry usually for no price, or sometimes at a below-market price (such as coin donations).
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Stagflation
In economics, stagflation (or recession-inflation) is a situation in which the inflation rate is high or increasing, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high.
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Subsidy
A subsidy or government incentive is a type of government expenditure for individuals and households, as well as businesses with the aim of stabilizing the economy.
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Suriname
Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname (Republiek Suriname), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.
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Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina
Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "Land of Fire"), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands (Spanish: Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur), is the southernmost, smallest, and least populous Argentine province.
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Unemployment
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period.
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Unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by governmental bodies to unemployed people.
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UNICEF
UNICEF, originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
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Welfare state
A welfare state is a form of government in which the state (or a well-established network of social institutions) protects and promotes the economic and social well-being of its citizens, based upon the principles of equal opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for citizens unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life.
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Workers' Party (Brazil)
The Workers' Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT) is a centre-left political party in Brazil that is currently the country's ruling party.
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World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_South_America
Also known as Argentinan poverty, Poverty in Argentina, Poverty in Bolivia, Poverty in Paraguay, Poverty in Uruguay.