Moderate Fall of Poverty Rate
in Bolivia
LA PAZ - Poverty in Bolivia reached the
lowest rate of the last 10 years, according
to a Jubilee Bolivia Foundation''s report
published by Cambio daily on Monday.
The non-governmental organization reported
that from 10 million people, there are about
6 million poor, three million of them
extremely poor.
The Economic and Social Policy Analysis Unit
(UDAPE) pointed out that the moderate
poverty rate decreased from 66.4 to 59.3
percent in the 2000-2008 period.
According to that information, the extreme
poverty dropped from 45.2 to 32.7 percent in
the same period, which represents less than
12.5 percentage points.
Jubilee said that it is a relief that
poverty rates are on downward trend,
although it added that this will depend on
it sustainability, development policies and
the rise of activities to step up production
and to generate jobs and income.
The executive signed in February a
20-million-dollar loan with the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the
first phase of the "Plan Vida" (Plan Life)
that aims to eradicate extreme poverty.
That program has already begun in Potosi,
Cochabamba and Pando, contributing with more
than two million families. |
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