Question
A 2008 report by UNICEF found that Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest value for this phenomenon of any region worldwide, with a value of 48.3 percent for its Gini (“JEE-nee”) coefficient. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this phenomenon, the disparity between the richest and poorest people in an economy.
ANSWER: income inequality [or wealth inequality]
[10m] A common example of income inequality in Latin America looks at how the affluent neighborhoods Ipanema and Copacabana are nearly adjacent to Rocinha (“roh-SEEN-yah”), the largest of these working-class neighborhoods.
ANSWER: favelas [prompt on slums or ghettos by asking “what is the specific term for neighborhoods like Rocinha?”]
[10h] A 2021 UNDP report found this country to have the lowest income concentration level in Latin America. This country is the largest exporter of bananas, which its Noboa Group grows between Quevedo (“kay-VAY-doh”) and Machala.
ANSWER: Ecuador [or Republic of Ecuador or República del Ecuador] (Daniel Noboa, the son of Noboa Group founder Álvaro Noboa, was elected president of Ecuador in October 2023.)
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 78% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 80% | 100% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
Data
| Cornell B | Cornell A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |