Increased poverty in Mexico

On Friday 29 July the National Evaluation Council (Consejo Nacional de Población CONEVAL) released results of the 2010 poverty measure for each state and the country as a whole. Between 2008 and 2010 the country's population in poverty increased from 44.5% to 46.2%, representing an increase of 48.8 to 52.0 million people. For details of the results to click here.