拉丁美洲的犯罪和暴力费用几乎占经济产出的3.5%,超过教育预算,美洲开发银行报告。 Crime and violence in Latin America cost nearly 3.5% of economic output, surpassing education budgets, IDB reports.

美洲开发银行报告说,拉丁美洲和加勒比地区的犯罪和暴力花费了该区域经济产出的近3.5%,相当于教育公共预算的近80%。 The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reports that crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean cost nearly 3.5% of the region's economic output, equivalent to almost 80% of the public budgets for education. 犯罪的代价是社会援助的两倍,是研究和发展预算的12倍。 The cost of crime is twice that of social assistance and 12 times the research and development budget. 美洲开发银行建议,需要采取更好的政策和措施,以减少这些费用,改善教育和社会福利方面的投资。 The IDB suggests that better policies and measures are needed to reduce these costs and improve investment in education and social welfare.