POSTER TEMPLATE BY: www.PosterPresentations.com A Comprehensive Approach: Poverty, Politics, and Social Conflict in Latin America: A Work in Progress

•A significant gap in income exists between the upper and lower class. A World Bank research team investigating inequality in the area found that: “the richest one-tenth of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean earn 48 percent of total income, while the poorest tenth earn only 1.6 percent.” •The statistic stated above shows that there is a significant problem with the way income is distributed in this region. In fact, Latin America is one of the most unequal income regions in the world. •The same World Bank research team found that in modern times as in the early colonial periods, elite populations shaped institutions and policies to serve their interests first