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Opinion | A successful path to address poverty in Puerto Rico

Real change cannot be achieved with welfare that encourages dependency, writes Ignacio González

August 12, 2024 - 2:15 PM

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El 58% de los niños en Puerto Rico vive bajo el nivel de pobreza, mientras el 37% de estos vive en pobreza extrema, con ingresos familiares de apenas unos $11 diarios.

Fifty-five percent of the island's children live in conditions of poverty. Statistics also document that one out of every two people on the island lives in poverty, writes Ignacio González Sampayo. (tonito.zayas@gfmedia.com)

By Ignacio M. González Sampayo

Abogado y Asesor Político

According to the United Nations, poverty is the lack of resources to meet basic needs. This concept is based on the studies of Benjamin Rowntree (1901), who described poverty as an insufficiency of income to guarantee a dignified life. In Puerto Rico, more than 41.7% of the population lives below the poverty line, a figure higher than the 12.4% in the continental United States. Even more troubling is that 55% of children on the island suffer from poverty.