Bolivia : Poverty Diagnostic 2000

The report presents a diagnostic of poverty, human development, and access to social infrastructure in Bolivia, based on analytical work, to serve as an input for the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). Findings suggest that poverty affects half of the population in large cities, two thirds in other urban areas, and eighty percent in rural areas. Nonetheless, there is seemingly a recent decrease in inequality, although this does not imply a long-term trend. The complex determinants of poverty, are also increased by the fact of being from an indigenous population, and of having a household head unemployed, underemployed, and/or female. Since poverty decreases with education, and employment in non-agricultural occupations, and geography affects poverty, migration becomes a poverty-reducing tool. A qualitative study of farmers in the Altiplano suggest decreased rural productivity, intensified by climatic, demographic, and environmental pressures, with little gain from most development projects. Hence, progress in non-monetary indicators show that while unsatisfied basic needs fell significantly from 1976 to 2001, the gains were mainly achieved in urban areas, and needs remain large in rural areas. It is suggested that this progress in basic needs measures, lies in the increased social spending, but the scope for reducing monetary poverty, lies in the accessibility to public infrastructure services, in reducing violence, and gender issues. But the impact of growth needs further understanding, with improvements in productivity and competitiveness, enlarged by improvements in education, health, and nutrition, where the poor may benefit more than the non-poor from the expansion of these services.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2002-06-28
Subjects:AGED, AGGREGATE LEVEL, ANALYTICAL WORK, CHILD LABOR, DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, DISCRIMINATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, EMPIRICAL WORK, EMPLOYMENT, EXTREME POVERTY, FOOD NEEDS, GIRLS, GROWTH RATE, HEADCOUNT INDEX, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INDICATORS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT, ILLITERACY, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME LEVEL, INCOME SHARE, INEQUALITY, INEQUALITY LEVELS, INFANT MORTALITY, INFORMAL SECTOR, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR MARKETS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, LONG TERM, MALNUTRITION, MEAN INCOME, MEASURING POVERTY, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MOTIVATION, NATIONAL LEVEL, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NUTRITION, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, PER CAPITA INCOME, PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS, POLICY OPTIONS, POLICY POINT OF VIEW, POOR COMMUNITIES, POOR COUNTRIES, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEADCOUNT, POVERTY INCREASES, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MONITORING, POVERTY PROFILES, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCING, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PRIORITY ACTIONS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRO-POOR, PRODUCTIVE SECTORS, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SECTOR, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SPENDING, REDUCING POVERTY, REFORM EFFORTS, RURAL AREAS, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POVERTY, SECONDARY SCHOOLING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS, SOCIAL CAPITAL, SOCIAL EXPENDITURES, SOCIAL INDICATORS, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, SOCIAL PROGRAMS, SOCIAL SECTORS, SOCIAL SPENDING, UNEMPLOYMENT, URBAN AREAS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, URBANIZATION, VACCINATION, VIOLENCE, WORKERS, YOUTH POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY MEASUREMENT, RURAL-URBAN DIFFERENTIALS, POVERTY ASSESSMENTS, ANALYTICAL METHODS, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES, INEQUITY, INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS, HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, GENDER DISCREPANCIES, MIGRATION STATISTICS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, RURAL PROJECTS, GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, CLIMATIC CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURE, PROGRESS REVIEWS, PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, BASIC NEEDS, SOCIAL SERVICES ACCESS, MONETARY EXPANSION, GROWTH PROMOTION, COMPETITIVENESS, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, EDUCATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, NUTRITION & HEALTH CARE,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1972072/bolivia-poverty-diagnostic-2000
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15382
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