The income distribution in Curac ¸ao is poor (Table III). This leads to poverty (Jaffe, 2006)[16].
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2007 over 20 per cent of the population lived
below the poverty line (Vierbergen, 2007). “The Netherlands Antilles agreed with the United
Nations Development Programme and the World Bank to undertake a poverty reduction
programme” (International Monetary Fund, 12 December 2005).