The research work determines the influence that the level of employment and economic growth exert on the percentage of inhabitants of the department of Loreto who are in a situation of monetary poverty, in the period 2008-2019. Monetary poverty is defined as the pecuniary inability on the part of the inhabitants to acquire the basic basket of food and not the food necessary to satisfy primary needs. The research work is of a Quantitative type, Descriptive-Correlational level and Non-experimental design; Therefore, once the information on the level of income of families, employment and economic activities in the department of Loreto had been collected, the univariate analysis and application of the OLS methodology was carried out. After obtaining and discussing the results, it is concluded that during the analyzed period monetary poverty in Loreto was reduced by -35.34%, the employment le...