Evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Collaboration between China and Latin America and Strategies for the Future ; La evaluación sobre la colaboración para reducir la pobreza entre China y América Latina y las estrategias para el futuro
China has made great achievements in the reduction of poverty and has been widely recognized by the world. On the contrary, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are trapped in poverty. For this reason, cooperation between both parties is fundamental to achieve the goals of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda for 2030. In order to evaluate the collaborations focused on poverty reduction made by both parties, and to improve the process with viable strategies, this article is made qualitatively through extensive reading. Likewise, it is divided into three main objectives: first, describing poverty from a multiple dimension of LAC; second, defining the advantages and challenges of cooperation from the macro, meso, and micro levels; and third, designing improvement strategies for collaboration, focused on reducing the poverty of both parties in the future. For the last 20 years, China and LAC have conducted a great number of collaborations in terms of politics, economics, infrastructure, culture, among others. Furthermore, promoting economic development has helped to reduce the poverty rate. However, the process is also made difficult by challenges, the lack of specific political mechanisms, and the construction of infrastructure that produces negative influences. In that sense, international trade must expand both the volume and range of products and the cultural exchange must enlarge its coverage, etc. Finally, under the five indicators of the Belt and Road initiative, the article proposes a series of strategies for the future. ; China ha alcanzado grandes logros en la reducción de pobreza y ha sido ampliamente reconocida por el mundo. Por el contrario, América Latina y Caribe (ALC) está atrapada en la pobreza; así, la cooperación entre ambas partes va a ser muy importante para alcanzar los objetivos de la Agenda del Desarrollo Sostenible de la onu para 2030. Con el fin de evaluar las colaboraciones enfocadas en la reducción de pobreza hechas por ambas partes, y mejorar el proceso con estrategias viables, este ...