This paper focuses on the role of debt maturity in managing the government’s incentives to use opportunistic inflation … powerful instrument to affect the time profile of the inflation tax base and, hence, to mitigate the distortions introduced by …

We show that the presence of nominal non-indexed government debt could give rise to more than one equilibrium inflation …

Staff is of the view that all criteria have been met, and recommends that the Board determine that Bolivia qualifies …

This paper discusses Bolivia’s Fifth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), Request for Waiver of Nonobservance …

This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that Bolivia’s overall fiscal position has improved in 2008. Booming … Directors have noted that strong hydrocarbon and mining exports have continued to support Bolivia’s growth and macroeconomic … performance. Directors have also emphasized the importance of well-designed structural reforms for further strengthening Bolivia …

A considerable degree of macroeconomic stability was achieved by Bolivia, and by the steadfast implementation of … reform of labor regulations in 2000 to enhance external competitiveness, make Bolivia’s regulations complaint with the norms …

The Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) Data Module provides an assessment of Bolivia … quality of Bolivia’s macroeconomic statistics has improved over recent years. The statistics have been broadly adequate for …

Bolivia’s 2007 Article IV Consultation reports that reforms are needed to make the budget a more effective …