World Vision executives present the study. Photo elnuevodiario.com.do
Santo Domingo. – 10.2 percent of the Dominican population goes hungry, according to the Global Hunger Index disclosed yesterday by World Vision, whose figures rank the country among the nations with the worse conditions, surpassed only by Haiti.
A study conducted by World Vision found that 10% of the children to the age of five in southwestern Independencia province, near Enriquillo lake, suffer from slight to chronic anemia.
The report also reveals that more than 31 percent of the Latin America and Caribbean population, of 177 million people, is poor, and 55 million suffer from hunger, according to the Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal).
The statistics form part of the project “Stop the hunger: Spur a change,” a World Vision initiative to be carried out in 13 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
The initiative motivates adolescents, youngsters and society in general to participate in fastings of solidarity, by voluntarily relinquishing material possessions, aimed at donating that money to materialize the project.
Written by: Atabey, 9 Feb 2012 9:02 AM
From: United States, NYC
Cuadro 1
Proporción de la población en condiciones de pobreza general y pobreza extrema. 1992-2009
(Metodología del BM) % de la población total
Nivel de pobreza 1992---1997----2000-----2001--2002--2003---2004---2005---2006
Pobreza extrema --10.8----9.7-------9.0------8.5----10.0----12.5----15.9---15.4-----13.1
Pobreza genera -- 33.9---26.7------27.7---27.9----28.3----35.6----43.0---40.5-----37.0
Nivel de pobreza-- ---2007- 2008 ----2009--- Meta* 2015
Pobreza extrema --- - 11.8 ---11.8----- 10.4 ------------5.4
Pobreza general--- -- 35.8-- 36.5------ 34.0------------[ - ]
* La mitad del nivel del año 1992.
Fuente: Ministerio de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo
Question of the day for Josean:
How poorly did The Hippo Administration do with los Niveles de pobreza, extrema y general during his term in office?
http://www.stp.gov.do/eWeb/Archiv....jetivo_Desarrollo_del_Milenio.pdfFrom: United States
Sadly this will be the norm in the DR. With Haiti next door and 22 million people on an island, poverty will persist.
Written by: Atabey, 9 Feb 2012 10:47 AM
From: United States, NYC
To cut the figure by half, to say 5.4 will be a very difficult challenge. I believe they have revised the figure to 7%. But I agree that having the poorest nation of the Western Hemisphere as our neighbor has been one of the major factors feeding these dismal statistics. Let's hope that Haiti gets its act together.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I agree with Tony and Atabey and it is no coincidence that the SW near Haiti is where the hunger is ...
From: United States
Written by: Ricardolito, 9 Feb 2012 12:07 PM
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I agree with Tony and Atabey and it is no coincidence that the SW near Haiti is where the hunger is ...
Ricardolito, you are a guy who understands statistics. i expect better from you. you know that there is no possibility that one sparsely populated province, regardless of how poor the conditions are there, can influence the figures to any great degree. there is dire poverty in that area, yes, and the reality is that it is adjacent to Haiti. however, the figures displayed in this study are alarming, given the fact that the DR has had so many years of seriously rapid economic growth. as i always say, GDP growth means NOTHING, if so many people are going hungry, and have debilitating diseases.
Written by: Atabey, 9 Feb 2012 12:39 PM
From: United States, NYC
: dreadlocks, 9 Feb 2012 12:21 PM
Written by: Ricardolito, 9 Feb 2012 12:07 PM
I agree with Tony and Atabey and it is no coincidence that the SW near Haiti is where the hunger is ...
Ricardolito, you are a guy who understands statistics. "
And something called transportation, too!
Whilst it may appear news worthy for some, people have been known to move from isolated areas to more settled and prosperous areas. Also, the number of Bateys across the DR, reaching deep into every corner of the nation HAS BEEN THE MAJOR DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FEEDING THIS ALARMING PROBLEM IN DR. Simply, before say the 1970s, few Haitians ventured out of these Bateys. The lack of institutional cohesion and command of the problem this silent population of people would germinate into our now discredited "system" of foreign alien monitoring and control.
Haiti has contributed greatly to our extreme poverty. But we, DR, also share blame in allowing the situation to get out of control.
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
yes Dreadlocks ..I have forgotten more than I now know ,,but GDP is only a measure of a countrys wealth and not the wealth of indivduals ..and here and in other latin countries where there is such inequality in wealth , the poor and hungry must be wondering how anyone can say the country is now much richer ,,
I think all the statistics here are statistically biased and this one definitely seems to be ..I have found here as I move around much more than most people I can judge with my own eyes and from conversations the conditions of the people and I believe that more than 50% still live on a very basic diet which hardly changes from day to day
From: United States
says Atabey
Haiti has contributed greatly to our extreme poverty. But we, DR, also share blame in allowing the situation to get out of control.
it has also contributed to the wealth, by working on infrastructure projects for slavery wages, and cutting cane in modern day slavery conditions. i would like to see some figures regarding the per capita incomes of 20 year old Haitian men, vs the same demographic for Dominican males. i would like to see the unemployment figures, as they apply HERE, not in Haiti.
From: Dominican Republic, I dislike all politicians and their afiliated parties... "I simply say it AS IT IS!!"
It says it very clear. They are by the border. Most likely these are hybrids, well, everyone is Haitian in DR.
Written by: Atabey, 9 Feb 2012 3:40 PM
From: United States, NYC
Dready,
The subject is Poverty in DR. NOT what positive contributions foreigners have made. I agree with you that Haitians have contributed some positives, BUT that again is not the subject of this study!
POVERTY IN DR
Nivel de pobreza
Pobreza extrema
Pobreza general
How has it come about? HOW TO REDUCE IT?
Those ARE the relevant questions.
Written by: josean, 9 Feb 2012 4:57 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Question for Atabey when was the ceremony where I was designated spokesperson for Mejia, other than in your own mind?
'Cause I miss it!
Written by: Atabey, 9 Feb 2012 6:05 PM
From: United States, NYC
Josea,
This is carry over from the other post. The one you wanted proof about juanb's objections to the Hippo. Recuerdas?
From: United States
Atabey says
How has it come about? HOW TO REDUCE IT?
not easy. as one writer noted, the Dominican Republic is a rich country populated by poor people. it is among the most unequal countries in the world, and that causes two things. extreme poverty in a large percentage of the population, and underdevelopment.. another factor which causes the suboptimal economic outcomes is the pernicious gender inequality, which has a severely restricting effect on development. the education situation does not help, and there are cultural dynamics, such as achievement motivation, which affect the total factor productivity. i would not know where to begin, but i can say that there is no simple way to fix this.
Written by: BASTA, 9 Feb 2012 7:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
This is a reason that you cannot keep at cat!
Written by: Pedrin, 9 Feb 2012 8:38 PM
From: United States
I'm surprised it's "only "10.2%.
Written by: josean, 9 Feb 2012 11:34 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
"Josea,
This is carry over from the other post. The one you wanted proof about juanb's objections to the Hippo. Recuerdas?"
You are so confused!
I know juan before you and I am well aware of his disdain for Mejia, so why would I have ever asked you for proof of that.
You are more educated than me so why is your reading comprehension so poor?
Written by: Atabey, 9 Feb 2012 11:57 PM
From: United States, NYC
Josean,
Only two choices: Fea y mas Fea. Choose. PLD or PRD
Written by: josean, 9 Feb 2012 11:59 PM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia
Why, Guillermo Moreno was taken off the ballot by the Narco-PLD?
From: United States
Even if there is a reduction in poverty, poverty figures will creep up again because are neighbors next door are very poor and they will migrate to find jobs and yes we mix with them and allow them to continue coming. I am not against migration as long as it is controlled and we are not creating more slums.
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Proporción de la población en condiciones de pobreza general y pobreza extrema. 1992-2009
(Metodología del BM) % de la población total
Nivel de pobreza 1992---1997----2000-----2001--2002--2003---2004---2005---2006
Pobreza extrema --10.8----9.7-------9.0------8.5----10.0----12.5----15.9---15.4-----13.1
Pobreza genera -- 33.9---26.7------27.7---27.9----28.3----35.6----43.0---40.5-----37.0
Nivel de pobreza-- ---2007- 2008 ----2009--- Meta* 2015
Pobreza extrema --- - 11.8 ---11.8----- 10.4 ------------5.4
Pobreza general--- -- 35.8-- 36.5------ 34.0------------[ - ]
* La mitad del nivel del año 1992.
Fuente: Ministerio de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo
Question of the day for Josean:
How poorly did The Hippo Administration do with los Niveles de pobreza, extrema y general during his term in office?
http://www.stp.gov.do/eWeb/Archiv....jetivo_Desarrollo_del_Milenio.pdf
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
I agree with Tony and Atabey and it is no coincidence that the SW near Haiti is where the hunger is ...
Ricardolito, you are a guy who understands statistics. i expect better from you. you know that there is no possibility that one sparsely populated province, regardless of how poor the conditions are there, can influence the figures to any great degree. there is dire poverty in that area, yes, and the reality is that it is adjacent to Haiti. however, the figures displayed in this study are alarming, given the fact that the DR has had so many years of seriously rapid economic growth. as i always say, GDP growth means NOTHING, if so many people are going hungry, and have debilitating diseases.
Written by: Ricardolito, 9 Feb 2012 12:07 PM
I agree with Tony and Atabey and it is no coincidence that the SW near Haiti is where the hunger is ...
Ricardolito, you are a guy who understands statistics. "
And something called transportation, too!
Whilst it may appear news worthy for some, people have been known to move from isolated areas to more settled and prosperous areas. Also, the number of Bateys across the DR, reaching deep into every corner of the nation HAS BEEN THE MAJOR DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FEEDING THIS ALARMING PROBLEM IN DR. Simply, before say the 1970s, few Haitians ventured out of these Bateys. The lack of institutional cohesion and command of the problem this silent population of people would germinate into our now discredited "system" of foreign alien monitoring and control.
Haiti has contributed greatly to our extreme poverty. But we, DR, also share blame in allowing the situation to get out of control.
I think all the statistics here are statistically biased and this one definitely seems to be ..I have found here as I move around much more than most people I can judge with my own eyes and from conversations the conditions of the people and I believe that more than 50% still live on a very basic diet which hardly changes from day to day
Haiti has contributed greatly to our extreme poverty. But we, DR, also share blame in allowing the situation to get out of control.
it has also contributed to the wealth, by working on infrastructure projects for slavery wages, and cutting cane in modern day slavery conditions. i would like to see some figures regarding the per capita incomes of 20 year old Haitian men, vs the same demographic for Dominican males. i would like to see the unemployment figures, as they apply HERE, not in Haiti.
The subject is Poverty in DR. NOT what positive contributions foreigners have made. I agree with you that Haitians have contributed some positives, BUT that again is not the subject of this study!
POVERTY IN DR
Nivel de pobreza
Pobreza extrema
Pobreza general
How has it come about? HOW TO REDUCE IT?
Those ARE the relevant questions.
Question for Atabey when was the ceremony where I was designated spokesperson for Mejia, other than in your own mind?
'Cause I miss it!
This is carry over from the other post. The one you wanted proof about juanb's objections to the Hippo. Recuerdas?
How has it come about? HOW TO REDUCE IT?
not easy. as one writer noted, the Dominican Republic is a rich country populated by poor people. it is among the most unequal countries in the world, and that causes two things. extreme poverty in a large percentage of the population, and underdevelopment.. another factor which causes the suboptimal economic outcomes is the pernicious gender inequality, which has a severely restricting effect on development. the education situation does not help, and there are cultural dynamics, such as achievement motivation, which affect the total factor productivity. i would not know where to begin, but i can say that there is no simple way to fix this.
"Josea,
This is carry over from the other post. The one you wanted proof about juanb's objections to the Hippo. Recuerdas?"
You are so confused!
I know juan before you and I am well aware of his disdain for Mejia, so why would I have ever asked you for proof of that.
You are more educated than me so why is your reading comprehension so poor?
Only two choices: Fea y mas Fea. Choose. PLD or PRD
Why, Guillermo Moreno was taken off the ballot by the Narco-PLD?