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What Are The Poorest Countries In Central And South America, That Are Most In Need Of Volunteers?
These are the “poorest countries” in the Western Hemisphere. You can exclude the Caribbean if you want.
The metric used is “Human Development Index” which combines economic poverty with Life expectancy at birth, knowledge and education, as measured by the adult literacy rate, and the standard of living.
Haiti (Caribbean)
Guatemala
Bolivia
Honduras
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Jamaica (Caribbean)
Guyana
Paraguay
Saint Vincent and the Grenadine (Caribbean)
Keep in mind that Latin America has the widest distribution of wealth of any region on Earth. So even a relatively wealthy country like Mexico or Argentina has huge number of disenfranchised or poor.
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Category: Central America
17:12, 23.07.2009
Poorest country in South America is Bolivia. But volunteers are needed through out the region.