Unicef Highlighted that Despite the Government's Adjustment, Nearly 1.7 Million Children Emerged From Poverty in the Country

The representative of the UN agency, Rafael Ramírez Mesec, evaluated as positive that the children have improved their situation in the last time, after the increase of the AUH and other measures. “It is very striking and worth highlighting,” he remarked.

In our country, the proportion is higher than the Community average, but statistics indicate that the situation has improved in the last two years.

The UN agency “Unicef” highlighted that, although the government applied a strong reduction in public spending, some social measures allowed to improve the situation of children in Argentina. Unicef reported that almost 1.7 million children emerged from poverty in Argentina in the last year, a fact that surprised even the agency’s own referents, considering the context of fiscal adjustment promoted by the national government. This was expressed …