Weekly Report - 03 November 2016 (WR-16-43)

BOLIVIA | Poverty rates. Poverty rates fell in rural areas of Bolivia between 2014 and 2015 but increased in urban areas, according to a report by Bolivia’s national statistics institute (INE). The poverty rate in rural areas fell from 57.5% in 2014 to 55% last year, INE reported, but marginally increased in urban areas from 30.5% in 2014 to 31% last year. The extreme poverty rate in rural areas fell from 36.1% in 2014 to 33.3% in 2015 but increased in urban areas from 8.3% in 2014 to 9.3% in 2015.