In Peru water is a high price for Lima's poor
In Peru water is a high price for Lima's poor
By John Mervin
New York business editor, BBC News
1 hour ago
The IMF and World Bank are holding their annual meetings in Lima, Peru, and one of the issues delegates are considering is the problem of income inequality.
One of the cruellest insults of inequality in the capital Lima, for the poor, is how cheaply the rich often seem to live.
Nowhere is this more apparent than on a walk through the neighbourhood of Nueva Rinconada. It's a slum that spreads across one of the hills above the city.
Here, Lydia Sevillano and her neighbours pay a high price just to stay alive.
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Oxfam estimates that a poor person in Lima pays ten times more for their water than someone living in an affluent residential area.
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