The global financial crisis (GFC) has had a negative effect on the Bolivian economy. The outbreak of the GFC has caused a drop in export commodity prices such as mining and hydrocarbons, and a reduction in remittances. Bolivia however, was in a relatively good position to deal with the negative...

El documento tiene el objetivo de evaluar los flujos comerciales de la economía boliviana en el período 1992-2000. Para tal efecto, fue estimada la llamada ecuación de gravitación, con esta metodología es posible comparar el peso de la influencia de los determinantes del comercio, como la...

El trabajo tiene como objetivo determinar los factores que explican los niveles de ineficiencia técnica del sector bancario boliviano en el período post-liberalización financiera. Los resultados obtenidos mostraron que los factores que explicarían los niveles de ineficiencia son...

El documento proporciona una descripción de la vulnerabilidad de la economía boliviana por la exportación de productos primarios: minerales e hidrocarburos. Los cambios estructurales introducidos en la economía boliviana desde 1985 han disminuido la participación del Estado en la...

This paper discusses the implementation of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative in Bolivia. It has been agreed in principle that the debt relief funds should be channeled to municipal governments in order to strengthen the ongoing decentralization process and to secure maximum...

Conventional banking practices do not easily accommodate the financial needs of poor persons. Group-lending, on the other hand, has found several advantages in the context of poor borrowers with no collateral to offer. An important advantage is that the bank’s losses due to unsuccessful...

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...

After several decades of state-capitalism characterized by import substitution policies, Bolivia implemented in 1985 a New Economic Policy (NEP) following neo-liberal ideas of free trade, privatization, and liberalization of capital flows. It was hoped that the opening up of the economy would...

The paper analyzes the Bolivian experience in switching from an old publicly managed pay-as-you-go pension system to a privately managed, fully funded pension system.

Este estudio busca respnder las siguintes interrogantes: ¿Quál es la magnitud y cómo se distribuyen los subsidios que se transfieren a los hogares a través de la provisioón pública de los servicios de educación y salud?; ¿Cuál es la magnitud y cómo se distribuyen los impues a los...