in English - Handicap International

In other words, exclusion and inclusion are conditions or features related
to the degree to which people have access to goods and services, and
to the development of the society they live in. Examples of goods are
homes, refrigerators, electric stoves, washing machines, etc. Services include
electricity, potable water, health, a job, education, telephone and
Internet service, etc.
Thus, exclusion is the condition experienced by people who do not have
sustained access to the enjoyment of economic and social development,
or who only have it in a very limited manner. On the other hand, inclusion
is the condition enjoyed by those who have access to the goods and services
generated by the social development of a given society.
Moreover, exclusion is manifested in the full enjoyment or denial of citizenship,
access or lack of access to income and other resources, and to
social development programs, etc.
In the societies of Central America, a large number of inhabitants live in
conditions of poverty and exclusion. According to data from a recent
study by the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO), a little
more than half of the almost 40 million Central Americans live in conditions
of poverty and extreme poverty.
2. What is poverty?
Poverty is a condition experienced by families or people whose income
does not manage to satisfy their basic needs for food, and other needs
such as health, education, housing, clothing, transportation, etc.
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