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Understanding Income Inequality

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I asked her what kind of insights could be gleaned by an anti-poverty group, say in Uruguay (to pick one country out of 50), accessing the LIS. She suggested: In Uruguay: What is the poverty rate among individuals and households (using any of a number of poverty lines – absolute or relative, national or regional)? Which are widespread?

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clicOH’s shipping technology provides Amazon-like logistics to e-commerce companies in LatAm

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ClicOH, a 2021 Y Combinator alum, operates in Argentina, Mexico, Chile and Uruguay, and its proprietary technology enables sellers to track shipments in real time via a dashboard with key indicators and traceability. That was one of the big drivers for the company to go after additional funding, he said.

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Wonder Brands’ pivot to acquiring e-commerce infrastructure pays off

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SellerX acquires US e-commerce roll-up rival Elevate Brands in an all-share deal, raises $64M+ Achieving growth Wonder Brands uses data from online marketplaces to create products. He also cited data from the Mexican Association of Online Sales that said last year, the total value of e-commerce sales in Mexico reached $31.4

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Henry picks up cash to be a Lambda School for Latin America

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Henry has created an online computer science school that trains software developers from low-income backgrounds to understand technical skills and get employed. Currently, Henry has graduated 200 students and is working with 600 students across Colombia, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. Now, VCs are giving Henry some cash to do so.

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4 ways to ensure Latin America’s growing pot of capital drives long-term growth

TechCrunch

Imagine the impact on GDP if companies invested in improving digital inclusion, as well — consumers could gain access to online goods and services, and more people could start 100% digital companies. More people could start or join advocacy groups online, giving underrepresented demographics a platform to be heard.

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a16z, NFX back Latitud’s effort to become ‘the operating system for every venture-backed company in LatAm’

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When he sold Brazilian online real estate marketplace VivaReal for $550 million several years ago, he had to pay more than $100 million in capital gains taxes due to incorporation errors made early on. Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Panama, Argentina and Spain. . The rest of its 25-person team is spread across the U.S.,

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Peruvian startup Leasy secures $17M in debt, equity to provide auto loans to LatAm ride-hailing drivers

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They fit the pattern of successful founders who start out in Latin America’s overlooked markets like Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Uruguay who are likely to have success expanding to Latin America’s bigger countries,” he said.

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