these estimates were based on multiple indicator cluster surveys mics and in the case of antigua and barbuda grenada and saint lucia on surveys of iving conditions the surveys were conducted between and the estimates give an initial idea of the child poverty situation in the caribbean from a multidimensional and rightsbased perspective as the surveys were prepared using the same methodology as for latin america they allow child poverty in the caribbean to be compared with that in the rest of the region something that cannot be done using monetary poverty statistics which are constructed using different methodologies this variability is very similar to that observed in latin america in the caribbean countries with the highest child poverty levels guyana and belize the percentages of poor children total and extreme are in the same range as in latin american countries with high child poverty such as nicaragua and peru