News of social debt observatory

55% of Argentina’s population below poverty line, says UCA body

05-09-2024 08:53 Extreme poverty affected 17.5% of people in first half of 2024, reports private observatory from the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA).

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Argentina’s poverty rate has risen to 44.7%, says UCA body

05-12-2023 23:12 Latest study by UCA’s social debt observatory says that without welfare programmes, poverty would affect 49% of the population; Extreme poverty has risen 9.6%, finds report.

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UCA report: Poverty rate would be 50% without welfare support

03-09-2023 10:24 New report from the Catholic University of Argentina’s Social Debt Observatory concludes poverty affects 38.9% of the population; Those under 17 most affected; Without child benefit and welfare support payments from the government, half of Argentina would be poor.

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UCA report puts poverty rate at 43.1%

06-12-2022 14:07 More than 17 million people in the country are poor, according to the latest report by the influential Social Debt Observatory of the UCA Catholic university; Figure would rise to 50% without existing state assistance, concludes study.