Goals for reducing income–poverty levels among children and adolescents by 2015

The goal of cutting income–poverty in half by 2015, which was proposed at the World Summit for Social Development, entails reducing the total number of Latin Americans living in poverty from 224 million to 137 million. Even though in the next 15 years, the percentage of those under 20 in the region's population will decline by almost seven points, meeting that goal presupposes a dramatic drop in the total number of poor children and adolescents: from 117 million to around 60 million. Given the impact of economic growth on poverty trends in various countries during the 1990s, if poverty is to be cut in half, gross domestic product (GDP) will have to rise by 5% to 6% a year. This is the level of a performance that ECLAC considers necessary to improve the population's living conditions within reasonable time periods.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Gender Equality

Reduced Inequalities

Sustainable Cities and Communities