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New figures from the Inter-American Development Bank (2024) place Guyana among the poorest countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. An estimated 32% of Guyanese live in extreme poverty and 58% are considered poor overall, rates on par with Venezuela, Honduras, and Guatemala. World Bank numbers tell a roughly similar story (25% extreme, 57% total), […]
New data from the Inter-American Development Bank (2024) reveals a striking paradox about poverty in Guyana: it isn’t a story of joblessness. Employment rates among the poor are remarkably high, 77% for the extreme poor and 83% for the moderate poor. And they’re not working short hours either. Guyana’s poor clock the longest work weeks […]