on the other hand argentina the second most successful country in reducing child poverty saw the fertility rate for the youngest poor mothers decline less than for all mothers in panama which ranked fourth in reducing child poverty the fertility rate among poor mothers rose this was the only case among countries for the countries that were least successful at decreasing the child poverty rate colombia honduras guatemala mexico and paraguay the simple average decrease was these calculations did not include panama among the countries with the largest drops in the child poverty rate because the fertility rate among poor mothers aged in panama increased