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The World Bank on Latin America & Caribbean and poverty

 

This page links to summaries of World Bank poverty analyses, including poverty assessments, poverty notes, poverty updates, country economic memorandums and development reports. The full text documents are also provided when available. Poverty assessments have been key instruments of the World Bank's poverty reduction strategy since 1992 (see Guidance on Poverty Assessments).

 
COUNTRY

YEAR

TITLE


Argentina

1995

Argentina's Poor: A Profile

 

2000

Poor People in a Rich Country
 

2003

Crisis and Poverty 2003: A Poverty Assessment

Bolivia

1996

Poverty, Equity and Income: Selected Policies for Expanding Earning Opportunities for the Poor
 

2000

Poverty Diagnostic 2000
 

2005

Poverty Assessment: Establishing the Basis for More Pro-Poor Growth

Brazil

1995

A Poverty Assessment
 

2002

Strategies for Poverty Reduction in Ceara - The Challenge of Inclusive Modernization
 

2003

Inequality and Economic Development in Brazil
 

2006

Measuring Poverty Using Household Consumption

Chile

1998

Poverty and Income Distribution in a High-Growth Economy: 1987-1995
 

2001

Poverty and Income Distribution in a High Growth Economy -- The Case of Chile 1987-98

Colombia

1995

Poverty Assessment Report
 

2002

Poverty Report

Costa Rica

1997

Identifying the Social Needs of the Poor: An Update

Dominican Republic

1995

Growth with Equity: An Agenda for Reform

 

2001

Poverty Assessment: Poverty in a High-Growth Economy 1986-2000
 

2005

Poverty Assessment: Achieving More Pro-Poor Growth

Ecuador

1996

Poverty Report
 

2000

Ecuador - Crisis, poverty and social services, Vol I
Ecuador - Crisis, poverty and social services, Vol II

 

2004

Poverty Assessment

El Salvador

1994

The Challenge of Poverty Alleviation
 

2005

Poverty Assessment: Strengthening Social Policy

Guatemala

1995

An Assessment of Poverty
 

2003

Poverty in Guatemala

Guyana

1994

Strategies for Reducing Poverty

Haiti

1999

The Challenges of Poverty Reduction

Honduras

1995

Country Economic Memorandum/Poverty Assessment
 

2000

Poverty Diagnostic 2000
 

2006

Poverty Assessment: Attaining Poverty Reduction

Jamaica

1994

A Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction: Country Economic Memorandum

Mexico

2004

Poverty in Mexico: An Assessment of Conditions, Trends, and Government Strategy
 

2005

Income Generation and Social Protection for the Poor

Nicaragua

1995

Poverty Assessment
 

2000

Poverty Assessment: Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Reduction
 

2003

Poverty Assessment: Raising Welfare and Reducing Vulnerability

Panama

1999

Poverty Assessment: Priorities and Strategies for Poverty Reduction

Paraguay

1994

Poverty and the Social Sectors in Paraguay: A Poverty Assessment

Peru

1993

Poverty Assessment and Social Policies and Programs for the Poor
 

1999

Poverty and Social Developments in Peru, 1994-1997
 

2005

Opportunities for All: Poverty Assessment

Trinidad & Tobago

1996

Poverty and Unemployment in an Oil-Based Economy

Uruguay

1993

Poverty Assessment: Public Social Expenditures and their Impact on the Income Distribution
 

2001

Maintaining Social Equity in a Changing Economy

Venezuela

2000

Investing in Human Capital for Growth, Prosperity, and Poverty Reduction

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