AMERICAS QUARTERLY SOCIAL INCLUSION INDEX 2014

AMID GROWTH AND IMPROVEMENT, PATTERNS OF EXCLUSION REMAINUruguay, Argentina, and Costa Rica top Index; Slow economic growth impairs social inclusion in the United States; The Northern Triangle ranks at the bottom of the pack. New York, July 29, 2014—Uruguay, Argentina, and Costa Rica lead this year’s Americas Quarterly Social Inclusion Index, an annual survey released today by Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA). The Index shows reductions in poverty levels, as well as improvements in school enrollment, access to adequate housing, and formal employment in some of the