This report analyzes the importance of the hydrocarbon sector in Bolivia. The oil and gas sector currently represents a … Bolivia also plays a strategic geopolitical role in South America as it has the second largest reserves of natural gas in the … country into question as Bolivia is trying to undo twenty years of neo-liberal policies with the adoption of more …

The urban labor market in Bolivia can be divided into 4 main sectors: 1) the public sector, 2) the formal private … in the formal private sector, there is a strong preference in Bolivia for being informally self-employed. Two thirds of … very active micro-credit industry in Bolivia, but the terms are so unattractive that women try to avoid it if at all …

This document investigates the effectiveness of foreign aid in Bolivia. When comparing accumulated aid in each sector …

After several decades of “state-capitalism” characterized by import substitution policies, Bolivia implemented in 1985 …

understanding constraints in the labor market in Bolivia. The results confirm the hypothesis that skilled labor is a scarce … commodity in Bolivia, while unskilled labor is abundantly available. This implies that skilled employees shop around for … with the hypothesis that the public sector in Bolivia, inflated by high levels of foreign aid (about 10% of GDP), may be …

historical and political approach to the manifestations of the curse in the specific cases of Angola and Bolivia, both resource … inequalities. Chapters three and four analyse the case studies of Angola and Bolivia respectively, emphasizing the role of … Bolivia, the risks of long-lasting civil war seem less important. Apart from conflict, the authors show that lack of …

This paper seeks to test to which extent geographical constraints can be blamed for Bolivia’s poor growth performance … growth rates over time in Bolivia, there are at least four factors that contribute to changing the importance of those … products. The results show that Bolivia is indeed adjusting in all 4 dimensions in order to reduce the importance of …

This paper investigates the impacts of regional integration processes on poverty in Bolivia. It first demonstrates that …

The high oil prices and the sharp increases in royalties mean that the natural gas boom in Bolivia has become very …