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This paper investigates social mobility in Bolivia and discusses its implications for poverty reduction and long …-run growth. Regressions based on household survey data show that social mobility is very low in Bolivia, even by Latin American …
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We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...
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poverty and income distribution in Bolivia. The simulation results suggest that FDI inflows enhance economic growth and reduce …
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This paper takes stock with the results of utility privatization in Bolivia. This paper deals with the process of … electricity industry has indeed lessen poverty levels in urban Bolivia by making this utility more accessible to larger segments … of the urban population. The same cannot be said, however, about rural Bolivia. The results show that coverage has …
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administrative decentralization. Overall the decentralization process in Bolivia can be seen as an important step towards … October 2003 show, the decentralization laws alone didn?t solve the economic and social problems in Bolivia. …
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This research examines the production of quinoa as an option for improving rural incomes in the Altiplano of Bolivia …
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This papers reviews main topics concerning sub-national revenues (intergovernmental transfers and taxes) and discusses some policy options to develop own sub-national revenues. The review covers the political-legal framework and the fiscal outcomes, finding that: i) intergovernmental transfers...
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El estudio analiza el empleo en las empresas manufactureras registradas bolivianas durante 1988-2007, estableciendo su relación con la regulación laboral a partir de indicadores de flujos y funciones de demanda. Los flujos de empleo muestran que las empresas con altas tasas de trabajadores...
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of healthcare policy in Bolivia, in light of the current proposal to introduce a unified public healthcare system. The … to the ongoing processes of decentralisation and democratisation of political decision-making in Bolivia. Although state …
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This paper seeks to establish the factors related to the Human Development Index, incorporating the spatial dimension in the analysis of its determinants. The variables were classified into four groups: geographic, socio-economic, demographic and infrastructure and services. The results show...
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