UNDP cites inequalitiy in Latin America and the Caribbean

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is reporting that Latin America and the Caribbean have the world's highest rate of socio-economic inequalities.



A new report from the UNDP says the region has 65 per cent more inequalities than wealthy countries, and up to 35 per cent more than developing countries.



The UN agency says inequality in the region depends greatly on ethnic origins, sex, place of residence and access to services and basic infrastructure.



The report comes a decade after world leaders adopted the UN’s Millennium Development Goals, including reducing by half, the number of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015.



The UN says some targets have not been met and in some cases are unlikely to be met.