En este estudio analizamos el caso boliviano de reformas institucionales durante el periodo 1993-1997. Centramos la atención sobre tres reformas en particular: la Reforma de Participación Popular, la Reforma Educativa y la Reforma del Sistema de Pensiones. Cada una ejemplifica características...

Análisis recientes de la pobreza en Bolivia muestran que, a pesar de un ligero descenso en el porcentaje de la población que vive en condiciones de pobreza a lo largo de la última década, el número absoluto de hogares pobres continúa en ascenso (Jiménez y Yañez 1997a y b; Vos et al. 1997;...

This study analyzes the impact of ethnic-based residential segregation on income and education outcomes in Bolivian cities. Three results stand out in the analysis. First, we find significant and negative segregation effects on income generation in both across-city and intra-city comparisons....

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to...

Análisis recientes de la pobreza en Bolivia muestran que, a pesar de un ligero descenso en el porcentaje de la población que vive en condiciones de pobreza a lo largo de la última década, el número absoluto de hogares pobres continúa en ascenso (Jiménez y Yañez 1997a y b; Vos et al. 1997;...

En este estudio se analiza el caso boliviano de reformas institucionales durante el periodo 1993-1997. Se centra la atención sobre tres reformas en particular: la Reforma de Participación Popular, la Reforma Educativa y la Reforma del Sistema de Pensiones. Cada una ejemplifica características...

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to...

Using a survey of clients, doctors and nurses in thirty municipal hospitals, this study examines the scope and determinants of corruption in Bolivia`s public health sector. The authors find that `voice` mechanisms such as citizen activism and oversight are significant in exposing bribery and...

This paper analyses the determinants of urban poverty in Bolivia from the perspective of access to human, physical and social assets markets. The role of social capital in particularly remarked as an intermediate element with respect to other assets. Longitudinal analysis suggest that household...