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JAMAICA: Third of Youth in LAC Live in Poverty
The Jamaica Observer on 7 July reported on the release of a study entitled, "Investing in Latin America and the Caribbean Youth: A Right and Inclusion Imperative." The report was presented by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and UNFPA. "According to the document, in 2009, 'the poverty and wretched poverty incidence' among young people between the ages of 15 and 29 in the region amounted to 30.3 per cent and 10.1 per cent, respectively. This group, together with children under 15 years old, is the most vulnerable to poverty in Latin America," said the report. Read in English: Jamaica Observer