This paper provides an account of the evolution of poverty and inequality during adjustment in Bolivia, covering the … period 1985-99. It turns out that urban poverty declined somewhat after the initial stabilization phase that followed the … hyperinflation in 1985. A similar evolution of per capita income suggests a positive impact of growth on urban poverty, although the …

been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …

growth on poverty reduction. Growth does reduce poverty, but I find no evidence for a direct effect of structural adjustment … inequality in lowering the stake of the poor in aggregate growth. Why would this be? One hypothesis that adjustment lending is … lending are counter-cyclical, but there is no evidence that the cyclical component of those policy variables affects poverty …

Fortschritte bei der Armutsbekämpfung sind in Bolivien seit Beginn der Reformen eher bescheiden geblieben, wenn man die … Niedrigeinkommensländer (HIPC-Initiative) von Bolivien entwickelt wurde, ist vor allem als institutionelle Reform zu würdigen. Sie liefert … Schwachpunkte auf. Ein Schwachpunkt besteht darin, dass die Bedeutung von Flexibilitätshemmnissen für die Persistenz der Armut …

Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former … to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since the deep crisis of the early 1980s. A special focus is whether the …

enhanced HIPC II and a strategy to reduce poverty in Bolivia, Honduras, and Nicaragua / Patricia Forner -- Conclusion : Beyond …