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During the 2000s Bolivia experienced moderate economic growth and improved all labour market indicators. The economy … suffered a slowdown as a consequence of the international crisis of 2008, but Bolivia sustained positive growth rates during …
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This article explores the variation in the wage distributions of two Latin American countries, Bolivia and Colombia … suggest that Bolivia, which has implemented left-wing economic policies, has experienced a general increase in wages …
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For 50 years Bolivia's political party system was a surprisingly robust component of an otherwise fragile democracy … nation's politics from a typical 20th century, left-right axis of competition deeply unsuited to a society like Bolivia, to … new indigenous political class. Decentralization was the trigger - not the cause - that made Bolivia's latent cleavage …
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justice framework. This chapter articulates the social, environmental and economic outcomes of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru and …
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We analyze recent developments in Bolivia's politics through the lens of political cleavage theory, in particular … cleavage displacement. Bolivia's current party system is characterized by a stable and dominant MAS at one end of the spectrum … Bolivia's current politics, and explore emerging or changing generational, ethnic, urban-rural, regional, class, and religious …
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In the absence of reliable and exhaustive income data, Proxy Means Tests (PMTs) are frequently employed as a cost-effective way to identify income-poor beneficiaries of targeted anti-poverty programs. However, their usefulness depends on whether proxies accurately identify the income poor. Based...
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In the absence of reliable and exhaustive income data, Proxy Means Tests (PMTs) are frequently employed as a cost-effective way to identify income-poor beneficiaries of targeted anti-poverty programs. However, their usefulness depends on whether proxies accurately identify the income poor. Based...
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This paper analyzes the causes of corruption in contemporary Bolivia. It argues that, along with the well …, supporting the hypothesis that the way to a less corrupt Bolivia is by lowering government intervention into this controversial …
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has played a crucial role. Based on the empirical study of several consultation processes in Bolivia's hydrocarbon sector … consultations in plurinational Bolivia are taken into account, the study also draws general conclusions for similar processes in …
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