Enhancing social and economic opportunities of the poorest in Latin America through graduation programmes

A quarter of Latin America’s population still live in poverty. The pace of extreme poverty reduction has slowed in recent years so large segments of the population are still vulnerable, and suffer from social and economic exclusion. Inequalities persist and are more acute among rural households. The poorest are still left behind and even people who recently improved their standard of living are still vulnerable to falling back into poverty.