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...

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...

En el presente trabajo se examinan las características más salientes del sistema financiero boliviano y se revisa el rol desempeñado por el Estado en el financiamiento al desarrollo. La evaluación de las características que tuvo la intermediación de recursos de largo plazo en Bolivia a...

This short presentation has three purposes. The first is to rapidly review the main features of stabilization, with the benefit of hindsight, and to broaden the discussion on macroeconomic stability by adding some considerations on the problems of the current account of the balance of payments...