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Pobreza y activos en Bolivia: Qué rol juega el capital social?

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  • George Gray-Molina
  • Ernesto Perez de Rada
  • Wilson Jimenez
  • Ernesto Yáñez

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Análisis recientes de la pobreza en Bolivia muestran que, a pesar de un ligero descenso en el porcentaje de la población que vive en condiciones de pobreza a lo largo de la última década, el número absoluto de hogares pobres continúa en ascenso (Jiménez y Yañez 1997a y b; Vos et al. 1997; Banco Mundial 1996). El bajo nivel de crecimiento de los ingresos de los hogares más pobres sugiere que los esfuerzos sostenidos por mantener niveles de crecimiento económico moderados e incrementar la eficiencia en la asignación del gasto e inversión pública no han sido suficientes para revertir las condiciones de pobreza crónica que caracterizan al país. Los enfoques analíticos que sostuvieron la aplicación de políticas de crecimiento y redes de protección en la región también se encuentran en un periodo de cuestionamiento y reformulación. Perspectivas que enfatizaban la medición de la pobreza por insuficiencia de ingresos o necesidades básicas (Lipton y van der Gaag 1993; Boltvinik 1992), se encuentran interpelados por modelos alternativos que procuran analizar patrones de causalidad entre pobreza y el acceso a mercados de activos de capital humano, capital físico (público y privado) y capital social (Birdsall y Londoño 1997a y b; Moser 1998; Collier 1998). Este estudio procura contribuir al análisis de la pobreza desde la perspectiva de recursos y activos, y describir los alcances de este enfoque aplicado al caso boliviano.

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  • George Gray-Molina & Ernesto Perez de Rada & Wilson Jimenez & Ernesto Yáñez, 1999. "Pobreza y activos en Bolivia: Qué rol juega el capital social?," Research Department Publications 3054, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
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