Shocks, Policy Reforms and Pro-Poor Growth in Bolivia: A Simulation Analysis
This paper analyzes how major external shocks and policy reforms affect Bolivia's ability to achieve pro-poor growth. Employing a recursive-dynamic CGE model, it considers three different scenarios: an optimistic baseline scenario; a more realistic scenario that accounts for two important negative external shocks (declining capital inflows and El Niño); and a scenario that captures the combined effect of the shocks and two major reform projects (development of the gas sector and deregulation of the urban labor market). It turns out that the shocks are likely to impair Bolivia's medium-term development prospects, leading to marked increases in both urban and rural poverty. If the reform projects were implemented, the poverty increase caused by the shocks would be more than offset for urban households, but reinforced for rural households. Copyright © 2007 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2007 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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2008
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Authors: | Lay, Jann ; Thiele, Rainer ; Wiebelt, Manfred |
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Review of Development Economics. - Wiley Blackwell. - Vol. 12.2008, 1, p. 37-56
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Wiley Blackwell |
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