This section presents briefs about the behaviour and recent trends of various socio-economic variables in Latin America and the Caribbean, based on data for the SEDLAC database. Updated: April 2011.

Information taken from this database should be cited as "Source: SEDLAC (CEDLAS and The World Bank)" or "Source: Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEDLAS and The World Bank)". We advise making reference to the date when the database was consulted, as statistics may change.

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