By Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
The 2004 variation of the Social landscape of Latin the United States analyses the main demographic alterations that experience happened within the zone over the last few a long time, examines the socioeconomic prestige of Latin American adolescence, seems to be at institutional and programmatic guidance for early life guidelines and describes how loved ones constructions and relatives roles have replaced. As in previous years, contemporary tendencies in poverty and source of revenue distribution within the Latin American nations also are reviewed.
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Some countries have no government institutions of youth affairs. All the countries, however, have both universal and sectoral youth programmes, in addition to some specific youth programmes, but these initiatives are often subsumed under programmes for adolescents and children or are ill-equ~ppedto meet the varying needs of different segments of the youth population. Only a few countries offer specialized sewices for rural youth (Bolivia, Colombia and Mexico), indigenous youth (Colombia and Mexico) or young people with disabilities (Colombia), or programmes that take a gender approach or are geared to young women (Colombra and Mexico).
9 points. In absolute terms, the number of poor people increased by almost 10 million, of whom 8 million were living in extreme poverty. 4%. These percentage reductions were not enough to offset population growth, which means that, in absolute terms, there were 21 million more poor people in 2002 than in 1990,4 million of whom were indigent. 1 Source: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on the basis of special tabulations of data fmm hourehoid surveys conducted in the respective countries.
2003). Colombia (1 991, 2000). Chile (1 994, 1997. 2000. 2004). Ecuador (1 99 l), Guatemala (1 999). Mexico (2000). 2OMa). 46 older ages. The first trend creates an overlap between the ages of adolescence and youth in the definition of a "young person". As to the second trend, young people over 18 have not been visible as policy subjects in their own right; instead, this group tends to be subsumed under programmes for adults. This creates a dual reality for young people, in the form of a mismatch between their social and legal status.