That may be inevitable in a region of such deep inequalities and widespread poverty.
Today, it is a city of just over 700, 000 residents, confronting widespread poverty, blight and diminished municipal services.
They include, in the economy, sluggish growth, widespread poverty and rapid population growth.
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No-one expects Eduardo Rodriguez to solve Bolivia's entrenched problems - of widespread poverty, social exclusion, racial discrimination and regional divisions.
Romania's macroeconomic gains have only recently started to spur creation of a middle class and to address Romania's widespread poverty.
The profusion of wars in Africa is often ascribed to the continent's unique combination of widespread poverty and great natural wealth.
Analysts say one of the many causes of the lack of progress on curbing crime is widespread poverty and income inequality.
Egypt's economy continues to struggle, with widespread poverty, high unemployment and its vaunted tourism sector still sagging on the heels of the political unrest.
Peru needs further reforms, such as a new legal code for land and water rights, as well as more energetic measures to tackle widespread poverty.
In Latin America, democracy coexists with widespread poverty and searing inequalities.
The indigenous groups in Cambodia have a rich tangible and intangible cultural heritage, but their traditions are endangered due to widespread poverty and lack of resources.
Nevertheless, Lula leads the polls because he stands for change in a country that, despite Mr Cardoso's impressive reforms, is still riddled with corruption, violent crime, injustice and widespread poverty.
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Nowadays, India is by far the world's biggest buyer of gold and those imports are an increasing drain on an economy that is growing too slowly to reduce widespread poverty.
Where there is widespread poverty, it is also much easier to find out higher level of illiteracy and a shorter life expectancy, to refer to the key elements of the Human Development Index.
The blame is variously put on the brutal legacy of apartheid, widespread poverty, appalling levels of unemployment, the absence of a father in two out of three black homes, high alcohol and drug abuse, and extremes of inequality.
However, poverty remains widespread and unemployment high, particularly among Algeria's youth.
But a persistent crime problem, made worse by staggering poverty, widespread unemployment and a failing school system, threatens to snuff out that recovery before it even takes root.
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Poverty remains widespread in Paraguay, particularly in the rural areas.
Poverty is so widespread in East London, that even the dying are not safe from the hands of thieves.
The other main factor is poverty, which is widespread but particularly bad in the south.
There has been widespread concern about the rise of fuel poverty in the UK, which is defined as those spending more than 10% of income on home heating.
Malnutrition was widespread, and so were diseases associated with poverty: cholera, dysentery, typhoid and parasitic infections such as malaria.
In the end, however, there is widespread agreement that the most fundamental way out of poverty for women and girls is education.
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