World Bank [to 20 February 2016]
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[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]
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World Bank Provides $150 Million to Combat Zika Virus In Latin America and the Caribbean
Initial regional economic impact projected to be moderate but requires urgent action to halt virus spread
Date: February 18, 2016 Type: Press Release
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Forging a Shared Vision for Digital Transformation in Central and South Asia
ALMATY, February 17, 2016 – The World Bank’s new ‘World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends’ was launched today at the Kazakh-Britain Technical University in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Discussion…
Date: February 17, 2016 Type: Press Release
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Indigenous Peoples Benefited to a Lesser Extent from Latin American Boom
Half of region’s indigenous people live in urban areas
PANAMA CITY, February 15, 2016 – Indigenous peoples made significant social progress, experienced a reduction in poverty levels in several countries and gained improved access to basic services during the boom of the first decade of the century, but they did not benefit to the same extent as the rest of Latin Americans, according to a new World Bank study.
The study Indigenous Latin America in the Twenty-First Century, notes that thanks to a combination of economic growth and good social policies, over 70 million people were lifted out of poverty. Poverty of indigenous households decreased in countries like Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Ecuador, while in others, such as Ecuador, Mexico and Nicaragua, the educational gap that for decades excluded indigenous children was closed.
However, the report presented here today indicates that while indigenous peoples make up 8 percent of the population in the region, they represent approximately 14 percent of the poor and 17 percent of the extremely poor in Latin America. Also, they still face challenges to gain access to basic services and the adoption of new technologies, a key aspect of increasingly globalized societies…
Report: http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/24863854/indigenous-latin-america-twenty-first-century-first-decade
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