This paper presents an appraisal Juancito Pinto from the use of micro simulation techniques. Specifically, it assesses the impact on school attendance, poverty and inequality in income distribution. The results suggest that the BJP has had a positive impact on reducing truancy in primary...

How much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished in Latin America through social spending, subsidies, and taxes? Standard fiscal incidence analyses applied to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay using a comparable methodology yields the following results....

De acuerdo a la teoría económica y la literatura empírica, el sistema por su rol de intermediación financiera, cumple un importante papel en la promoción del crecimiento económico. Sin embargo, en el caso boliviano la evidencia empírica existente es limitada, por lo cual este trabajo...

This article analyzes the fiscal incidence of cash and in-kind transfers, taxes, and subsidies in Bolivia. Between 2007 and 2009, social spending as a share of gross domestic product rose by about three percentage points. In spite of this, fiscal policy in Bolivia has shown a low redistributive...