This paper (available only in Spanish) makes fresh estimates of rural poverty in Bolivia based on 1999 national survey data, and reviews the experience of rural development programs in the country during the 1990s. A substantial statistical appendix is included

Ordinary consumer price indices customarily overstate increases in the cost of living because they do not allow for consumer substitution as relative prices change. This study looks for a more accurate measure of variations in the cost of living in Argentina over the years 1960 to 1995, taking...