article_snippet: The government's 2010 National Population and Housing Census found the Far North region to be the country's poorest, with 60% of the population living in poverty.
article_snippet: A senior government official from the Far North region, who would not be named, agreed, saying that "in a context of such extreme poverty, it couldn't be otherwise.
article_snippet: No significant economic project has been carried out there ... the Far North is the most populated in the country, but has been completely abandoned," A senior government official from the region, who would not be named explained.