Download or read book Social Panorama of Latin America 2009 written by United Nations and published by United Nations Publications. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America has extremely high levels of social and economic inequality as well as insufficient social expenditure despite registering the highest growth in per capita GDP since the 70s. This work provides the latest estimates for the countries of Latin America regarding poverty, residential segregation, impact of social expenditure on peoples well-being and psycho-social divides. It also analyses internal migrations as well as health programmes for indigenous people and women.