This chapter discusses the measurement of monetary and multidimensional poverty in Latin America, and documents the … main patterns and trends. By providing an updated assessment of the level, changes and characteristics of poverty in the …

households, especially when ad-valorem equivalents of NTMs are taken into account. -- Trade policy ; wage elasticities ; poverty …

The study of the impact of public investment on poverty is currently of particular importance due to, among other … results to impute income in the MECOVI 2007 survey. In this way, we calculate various measures of poverty and indigence, and … poverty and indigence in Bolivia, however this effect is small. The most important results are evident in the headcount index …

income poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) at the country level, and to compare LAC estimates to …

. -- crisis ; infant mortality ; maternal mortality ; low birth weight ; poverty ; Argentina …

growth cannot be called pro-poor. Model simulations show that under optimistic assumptions the growth and poverty goals … envisaged in the Bolivian poverty reduction strategy may be achieved, but that performance will fall short of expectations once … external shocks are taken into account. The evolution of poverty is likely to remain uneven, with considerable improvements in …

to find a path toward faster growth in GDP, employment, and incomes, accompanied by more rapid progress on poverty …