Latin American Poverty

" The emphasis in the book, on the belief that the development of the poorest countries depends only on the behavior of the richest countries, and seeks to show that development occurs only below upwards, ie, societies and active citizens and effective states that guarantee security and law enforcement, and are capable of promoting economic growth that benefits all. "For too long experts have their fingers crossed hoping that economic growth alone was enough to end poverty. But he deliberately ignored that inequalities prevent the growth is translated into lower poverty. It is now clearer than ever that the only way to end the gross inequalities that have condemned to the misery of more than 1,000 million people is through a profound redistribution of power, wealth and opportunity, "said Gonzalo Fanjul, director of Oxfam research. It indicates that two examples: the world has never experienced a period of technological development, scientific and economic such as the late twentieth century, but despite some progress, was unable to end poverty. While Latin American exports will increase of the 96,000 million dollars in 1981 up to 752 000 million in 2007, the number of poor (defined as those living on less than two dollars a day) increased from 136 million to 209 million between 1980 and 2005. Communicate interesting as it writes, the book is full of examples of what has worked and what has failed in relation to the fight against poverty and cites numerous examples of how the mobilization of society, democratic states together with developers, have achieved significant levels of development. .