Latin America and Caribbean as a region has met two of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—poverty reduction and access to clean water—and it is making strides with meeting some others. However, it is lagging behind on other goals—maternal mortality and environmental sustainability—and there are some disparities between the Caribbean and Latin America with regard to some goals.
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013, launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Geneva yesterday stated that the region had reached some targets, including halving the extreme poverty rate.
“The proportion of people in the region living on less than $1.25 a day fell from