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LatinNews Regional Monitor: Andean Group - 23 August 2018
Bolivia’s changing socioeconomic inequality and class structure
Bolivia has undergone significant social and economic transformations since Evo Morales became President in 2006. A marked reduction in poverty levels has been a distinctive feature of Bolivian society becoming, in many respects, less unequal. The latest data from the national statistics institute (INE) suggests that poverty has been reduced from 59.9% of the population in 2006, to 36.5% in 2017. The first section of this article gives an overview of the policies which have contributed to poverty reduction. The second section examines the expansion of the middle-income segment, which has resulted in a growing focus on Bolivia’s ‘new middle class’. The last section explores the significance of these social transformations in relation to shifts in political discourse regarding the upcoming 2019 general elections.
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