This paper documents and explains the evolution of monetary poverty in Bolivia during the period 1999-2011. First, we … find a significant reduction in both, extreme and moderate, poverty. During the period under analysis, extreme poverty … headcount, gap and severity have reduced in 55%, 67% and 73%; while moderate poverty headcount, gap and severity have reduced in …

connecting the poor to rapid economic growth so there is a concomitant rapid reduction in poverty. What is new is the focus on … economic growth as the primary vehicle for sustainable reductions in poverty, distributional initiatives and processes playing …

No country has been able to sustain a rapid transition out of poverty without raising productivity in its agricultural … countries alike. The most important reason is new understanding that economic growth is the main vehicle for reducing poverty … extension, will determine the future role for agriculture in poverty reduction. …