Politics and Poverty in the Andean Region. Policy summary: Key findings and recommendations

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The main focus of this policy summary is to identify policy areas that political parties can agree upon in the fight against poverty as well as to analyze the political obstacles to poverty reduction. A crucial step for endorsing anti-poverty reform is to support opportunities that allow the poor to have greater influence in political decision making.

Key recommendations include that:

• economic policy must not be separated from social policy goals;
• social policy must be aimed at not only pulling people out of poverty, but also at protecting them from sinking into it.

Introduction
Overview
Andean Parties and Political Inclusion

Party Systems and Development
National Report: Bolivia

Decentralizing Development
Case Study: Bolivia

Party Systems and Development
National Report: Colombia

Designing a Strategy to Reduce Poverty and Inequality
Case Study: Colombia

Party Systems and Development
National Report: Ecuador

Free Maternal and Child Health Care
Caste Study: Ecador

Party Systems and Development
National Report: Peru

Health Insurance for the Poor
Case Study: Peru

Party Systems and Development
National Report: Venezuela

Women’s Development Bank
Case Study: Venezuela

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