Populist experiments are recurrent in Latin America. One of the most conspicuous cases is that of Bolivia in the 21th century under the government of Evo Morales and his Movement to Socialism (MAS). A major distinctive feature of this populism is the incorporation of the ethnic and linguistic...

Bolivia has enjoyed in the past four years the effects of the bonanza in international markets for its commodity exports, mainly hydrocarbons. The policy question is then how to intertemporally maximize (and internalize) the benefits of this good fortune. The central proposition is that...

This paper examines the new Bolivian Constitution (NBC), promulgated in February 2009, from the viewpoint of the new economic institutionalism. The NBC fixes the rules conducive to the establishment of a plural economic organization. These rules are eclectic, yet they convey a state-led...

In late 1982 Bolivia returned to democracy, after a long period of mostly military governments, during whose tenure real wages had declined considerably. The first democratic government, presided by Dr. Hernán Siles Suazo inherited of the military governmets a much deteriorated economy, marked...

En este trabajo se examina las nuevas condiciones para las relaciones económicas internacionales de Bolivia que ha creado el gobierno del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). La visión más común en los gobiernos anteriores a los del MAS era que si Bolivia ha de desarrollarse, necesitaba...

Bajo cualquier medición la tasa de crecimiento de Bolivia ha sido muy baja. Con ese telón de fondo se examina la contribución del sector financiero a la tasa de crecimiento. ¿Cuáles son las características del sector financiero que podrían apoyar al crecimiento así como cuáles son los...