Bolivia Poverty Assessment : Establishing the Basis for Pro-Poor Growth

Bolivia Poverty Assessment : Establishing the Basis for Pro-Poor Growth

This brief discussion of Bolivia's poverty assessment notes that Bolivia's growth prospects remain vulnerable to domestic instability and external circumstances. Because of the depth and breadth of poverty in Bolivia, and the skewed incom...

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Main Authors:	Arias, Omar S., Bendini, Magdalena
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ASSETS BASIC EDUCATION BASIC NEEDS BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL INFLOWS CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CHILD CARE CONSUMPTION POVERTY CREDIT MARKETS CROP VARIETIES DISCRIMINATION DISMISSAL DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATED EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EQUAL ACCESS EXTREME POVERTY FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS FUTURE GROWTH GOVERNMENT OFFICES GROWTH PROCESS GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HIGH OPPORTUNITY COSTS HIGH POVERTY HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GENERATION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR JOB CREATION LABOR COST LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INTERMEDIATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATIONS LARGE POPULATIONS LOW LABOR PRODUCTIVITY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MALNUTRITION MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION FLOWS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MODERNIZATION NATURAL RESOURCE NEW CROP VARIETIES NUTRITION PAYING JOBS PER CAPITA GROWTH PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY OPTIONS POOR POOR AREAS POOR COUNTRIES POOR FAMILIES POOR PEOPLE POOR POLICY POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY MAP POVERTY PROFILES POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REDUCING POVERTY REMITTANCES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DWELLERS RURAL LABOR RURAL LABOR MARKETS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL RESIDENTS SAFE WATER SALARIED WORKERS SANITATION SCHOOLING SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-EMPLOYMENT SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SKILLED LABOR SMALL FAMILIES SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL PROTECTION SUPPLY CHAINS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN POVERTY WOMEN WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/7015000/bolivia-poverty-assessment-establishing-basis-pro-poor-growth http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10313

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Summary:	This brief discussion of Bolivia's poverty assessment notes that Bolivia's growth prospects remain vulnerable to domestic instability and external circumstances. Because of the depth and breadth of poverty in Bolivia, and the skewed income distribution, high GDP per capita growth rates about 4 to 5 percent per year are necessary in the medium and longer term, if the country's poverty level is to be significantly reduced. The national MDG target of reducing the incidence of extreme poverty in half by 2015 could be achieved with growth rates in this range, along with other pro-poor policy interventions. Even higher per capita growth is needed to meet the MDG of reducing poverty in half. Economic simulations indicate that the country can improve its future growth potential through a comprehensive strategy of mutually-reinforcing reforms that includes macroeconomic stability.

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