Peru: Rate of Poverty Reduction Difficult to Believe · Global Voices
Eduardo Avila

Juan Sheput of Mate Pastor [es] and other analysts are doubting the Peruvian National Statistic and Information Institute's announcement that poverty has decreased 5.2% over the course of the past year. Among some of the reasons why this figure seems too high is the “inequality, poor administration of social programs, inflation and the high rates of rural unemployment.”