Poverty in Guatemala

Table of contents

• Title Page i
• Contents iii
• Abstract xi
• Acknowledgments xiii
• Acronyms and Abbreviations xv
• Executive Summary 1
• Chapter 1 - Introduction 21
• Part I - The Magnitude and Causes of Poverty 27
• Chapter 2 - Poverty and Social Indicators O [the Problem] 29
• Chapter 3 - The Determinants of Poverty and Inequality- Endowments and Household Characteristics 47
• Chapter 4 - Historical and Contextual Factors 55
• Part 2 - Key Challenge- Building Opportunities and Assets 69
• Chapter 5 - Growth and Poverty 71
• Chapter 6 - Livelihoods, Labor Markets, and Rural Poverty 79
• Chapter 7 - Education and Poverty 93
• Chapter 8 - Health, Malnutrition, and Poverty 113
• Chapter 9 - Basic Utility Services and Poverty 133
• Chapter 10 - Transport, Poverty, and Isolation 145
• Part 3 - Key Challenge- Reducing Vulnerability 153
• Chapter 11 - Vulnerability and Vulnerable Groups 155
• Chapter 12 - Social Protection, Private Transfers, and Poverty 173
• Part 4 - Key Challenge- Empowerment 191
• Chapter 13 - Building Institutions and Empowering Communities 193
• Part 5 - Conclusions and Recommendations 209
• Chapter 14 - Priority Actions to Reduce Poverty 211
• Annexes 227
• Annex 1 - Measuring Consumption Using the Encovi 2000 229
• Annex 2 - Measuring Income Using the Encovi 2000 237
• Annex 3 - Measuring Poverty Using the Encovi 2000 241
• Annex 4 - Statistical Appendix 253
• Annex 5 - Qualitative Poverty and Exclusion Study (Qpes)- Overview of 10 Rural Villages (Summary) 307
• Annex 6 - Supply versus Demand-Side Constraints to Coverage of Education, Health, and Basic Utility Services- Cluster Methodology 339
• References 343

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