Equidad: Volumen 2 : No. 2 : Octubre, 2001 Title: Equidad: Volume 2 : No. 2 : October, 2001

Este número de Equidad incluye una serie de artículos que hacen referencia al rol del BID en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad; a la importancia de proteger a los pobres de los costos económicos de las enfermedades; a las estrategias para la reducción de la pobreza en América Central y Bolivia y el apoyo del BID.Abstract: The mission of the Inter-American Development Bank's Poverty and Inequality Unit is to provide technical leadership for the Bank and its member governments' work in the area of poverty reduction, and to contribute to enhancing the quality of the Bank's lending and non-lending activities so as to increase their poverty reduction impact. The fourth issue of Equidad contains the following articles: The IDB and the Reduction of Poverty and Inequality; The Importance of Protecting the Poor from the Economic Cost of Illness; Poverty Reduction Strategies in Central America and the Bank's Role; The Participation of the IDB in the Bolivian Poverty-Reduction Strategy.