70%

is the percentage of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean (Approx. 360 million people) that lives on less than US$300 per month (IDB and SNV).

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10% vs 50%

The most comprehensive study on “The World Distribution of Household Wealth” estimates that the top 10% of the world population own 85% of households assets, while the bottom 50% own just 1% of these assets (UNU-WIDER/Davies et al.).

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40- 60%

is the percentageof childrenunder-five in the developing world that are affected by Vitamin A deficiency that weakens the immune systems and causes a million deaths a year (GAIN).

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$500 billion

per year is the size of the market in the Latin America and the Caribbean that remains largely untapped. It is also the amount that impact investing could mobilize annually within 10 years (The Monitor Group).