Poverty Among the Young
During the last year,
the percentage of
poverty among Costa
Rican young people
decreased by 3.9
percent.
The Vice-Minister for
Social Development
Isabel Garcia explained
that the figures went
from 26.5 percent in
2006 to 22.6 percent
now.
The decrease improves on
the 3.5 percent recorded
for poverty in general
in Costa Rica, which the
National Statistics and
Census Bureau reported
recently. According to
the Vice-Minister, the
state program
“Avancemos” –“Let’s
March Forward”–, which
provides aid to poor
teenagers, for them not
to quit school, has
played a major role in
the trend. |
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