Latin America still shows very high levels of poverty and the most unequal distribution of income in the world.

Current moderate growth prospects will make it more difficult to deepen the still-weak stability in the region and, therefore, fundamentally improve its creditworthiness.

Real poverty is less a state of income than a state of mind

America is a place where you can be born into a low-income household but still lift yourself up, and it doesn't matter what color you are.

Our region’s accomplishments in reducing income poverty are now well recognized, but an immense task lies ahead of us,

Women do two thirds of the world's work. Yet they earn only one tenth of the world's income and own less than one percent of the world's property. They are among the poorest of the world's poor.