News of observatorio social

UCA: 6 in 10 children and adolescents in Argentina are poor

16-05-2023 15:07 Data from UCA’s influential Observatorio de la Deuda Social indicates that some 8.2 million people aged under 17 were living in poverty at the end of 2022.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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.

POVERTY

2,800 Argentines slipping into poverty every day, experts warn

23-06-2022 23:20 Private estimates reveal horrifying social data underlining that being employed, whether formally or informally, is no guarantee against being poor. With annual inflation approaching three digits and sustained price increases for food and beverages above the monthly average, family incomes are increasingly falling short.

by Gonzalo Martínez

NEW REPORT

Study: One in four young people in Argentina neither study nor work

24-05-2022 17:27 One in four young people aged between 18 and 24 in Argentina do not study or work, according to a new study.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty

08-12-2021 09:45 According to UCA’s Social Debt Observatory, 43.8% of the country’s population was considered poor as of last October, a drop of almost a point on the previous year’s total of 44.7%.