Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction

The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in sustaining its gains on reducing poverty and enhancing shared prosperity over the next years. It will analyze the dynamics behind the...

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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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topic TARIFFS
CAPITAL MARKETS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
MARKET COMPETITION
TAX RATES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
LIVING CONDITIONS
PROVEN RESERVES
OIL PRICES
CARBON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
EXPECTATIONS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
PRODUCERS
WELFARE GAINS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
LABOR FORCE
SOIL DEGRADATION
RIVER BASINS
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
REVENUES
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
INCENTIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
EQUILIBRIUM
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
MODELS
LAND USE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
PRICE FIXING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FISCAL POLICIES
OIL PRICES
EXPLOITATION
ARABLE LAND
LABOR COSTS
OIL
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
INPUT USE
DECISION‐MAKING
TERMS OF TRADE
NATURAL CAPITAL
POPULATION GROWTH
IRREVERSIBILITY
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
OPTIONS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
EXTERNALITIES
QUOTAS
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
DEBT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
LAND DEGRADATION
POLLUTION
FORESTRY
CLIMATE CHANGE
WELFARE GAINS
FOOD PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
DIVIDENDS
PRICE SUBSIDIES
NATURAL RESOURCES
METALS
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
SUBSIDIES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
EFFICIENCY
FOOD PRODUCTION
TAXES
CANCER
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
LAND USE
RESOURCES
UNEMPLOYMENT
ARABLE LAND
DRINKING WATER
EQUITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
CONSUMPTION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
MARKET PRICES
WAGES
CLIMATE CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
VALUES
MARKET PRICES
FISCAL POLICIES
CREDIT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PURCHASING POWER
DEFORESTATION
PATENTS
DEMAND
SUSTAINABLE USE
MINES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
POPULATION GROWTH
EXPENDITURES
PROPERTY
DECISION MAKING
TAX RATES
RIVER BASINS
LABOR MARKETS
ENVIRONMENT
SOIL DEGRADATION
LABOR FORCE
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
POPULATION PRESSURES
ECONOMICS
TERMS OF TRADE
MARKET COMPETITION
TAX REVENUE
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
BUSINESS CYCLES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROVEN RESERVES
TRADE
LAND
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
DRINKING WATER
PRICE SUBSIDIES
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COAL
FARMS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION PRESSURES
REVENUE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
RISK MANAGEMENT
LIVING CONDITIONS
RESOURCE OWNERSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RISK MANAGEMENT
PROFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL
LABOR MARKETS
LAND DEGRADATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PRICES
PRODUCTION COSTS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIES
PUBLIC GOODS
COMPETITION
spellingShingle TARIFFS
CAPITAL MARKETS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
MARKET COMPETITION
TAX RATES
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
LIVING CONDITIONS
PROVEN RESERVES
OIL PRICES
CARBON
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
EXPECTATIONS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
PRODUCERS
WELFARE GAINS
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
PROPERTY RIGHTS
FINANCIAL RESOURCES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
LABOR FORCE
SOIL DEGRADATION
RIVER BASINS
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
REVENUES
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
INCENTIVES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
EQUILIBRIUM
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
MODELS
LAND USE
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
PRICE FIXING
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
FISCAL POLICIES
OIL PRICES
EXPLOITATION
ARABLE LAND
LABOR COSTS
OIL
AIR POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
INPUT USE
DECISION‐MAKING
TERMS OF TRADE
NATURAL CAPITAL
POPULATION GROWTH
IRREVERSIBILITY
NATURAL CAPITAL
NATURAL RESOURCES
OPTIONS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
EXTERNALITIES
QUOTAS
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
BARRIERS TO ENTRY
DEBT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
LAND DEGRADATION
POLLUTION
FORESTRY
CLIMATE CHANGE
WELFARE GAINS
FOOD PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC POLICIES
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
DIVIDENDS
PRICE SUBSIDIES
NATURAL RESOURCES
METALS
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY
SUBSIDIES
ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
EFFICIENCY
FOOD PRODUCTION
TAXES
CANCER
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
LAND USE
RESOURCES
UNEMPLOYMENT
ARABLE LAND
DRINKING WATER
EQUITY
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
CONSUMPTION
RURAL COMMUNITIES
MARKET PRICES
WAGES
CLIMATE CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
VALUES
MARKET PRICES
FISCAL POLICIES
CREDIT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
PURCHASING POWER
DEFORESTATION
PATENTS
DEMAND
SUSTAINABLE USE
MINES
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
POPULATION GROWTH
EXPENDITURES
PROPERTY
DECISION MAKING
TAX RATES
RIVER BASINS
LABOR MARKETS
ENVIRONMENT
SOIL DEGRADATION
LABOR FORCE
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
POPULATION PRESSURES
ECONOMICS
TERMS OF TRADE
MARKET COMPETITION
TAX REVENUE
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
BUSINESS CYCLES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
PROVEN RESERVES
TRADE
LAND
LAND PRODUCTIVITY
ECONOMIES OF SCALE
DRINKING WATER
PRICE SUBSIDIES
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COAL
FARMS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION PRESSURES
REVENUE
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
RISK MANAGEMENT
LIVING CONDITIONS
RESOURCE OWNERSHIP
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
RISK MANAGEMENT
PROFITS
ENVIRONMENTAL
LABOR MARKETS
LAND DEGRADATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PRICES
PRODUCTION COSTS
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
ECONOMIES
PUBLIC GOODS
COMPETITION
World Bank Group
Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Bolivia
description The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in sustaining its gains on reducing poverty and enhancing shared prosperity over the next years. It will analyze the dynamics behind the progress achieved in the past decade on inclusive growth, and identify a number of key constraints for sustaining and consolidating this progress. The SCD begins, in Chapter two, with a presentation of four characteristics that make Bolivia special, including its State‐led development strategy, large natural resource wealth, difficult geography and landlocked condition, and rich ethnic diversity. In chapter three, this SCD presents an in‐depth evaluation of the generally positive evolution in growth and in the reduction of poverty and inequality over the past decade. An assessment of the recent past and current context concludes that there is a need for enabling new inclusive growth engines, particularly through increased private investment and higher productivity. Chapter four makes a case for rebalancing the path of inclusive growth, and presents three main challenges in this sense: sustaining macroeconomic and fiscal stability, developing non‐extractive sectors with higher productivity and a lower environmental footprint, and reducing gaps and disparities in access to opportunities. The discussion of these challenges reveals a number of priority constraints, a key input for the prioritization exercise. Finally, in chapter five the SCD presents the findings of a prioritization exercise aimed at producing a restricted list of prioritized constraints, as well as a list of knowledge gaps identified in the different parts of the analysis.
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title Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
title_short Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
title_full Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
title_fullStr Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
title_full_unstemmed Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction
title_sort bolivia systematic country diagnostic : rebalancing inclusive growth to deepen gains on poverty and inequality reduction
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/24746377/bolivia-systematic-country-diagnostic-rebalancing-inclusive-growth-deepen-gains-poverty-inequality-reduction
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24132
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spelling okr-10986-241322021-04-23T14:04:19Z Bolivia Systematic Country Diagnostic : Rebalancing Inclusive Growth to Deepen Gains on Poverty and Inequality Reduction World Bank Group TARIFFS CAPITAL MARKETS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ECONOMIC GROWTH MARKET COMPETITION TAX RATES FINANCIAL RESOURCES LIVING CONDITIONS PROVEN RESERVES OIL PRICES CARBON ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PRODUCERS WELFARE GAINS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS FINANCIAL RESOURCES RESOURCE ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE SOIL DEGRADATION RIVER BASINS EFFECTIVE STRATEGY REVENUES ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCENTIVES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES EQUILIBRIUM PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES MODELS LAND USE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ACCESS TO INFORMATION PRICE FIXING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE FISCAL POLICIES OIL PRICES EXPLOITATION ARABLE LAND LABOR COSTS OIL AIR POLLUTION AIR POLLUTION INPUT USE DECISION‐MAKING TERMS OF TRADE NATURAL CAPITAL POPULATION GROWTH IRREVERSIBILITY NATURAL CAPITAL NATURAL RESOURCES OPTIONS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY EXTERNALITIES QUOTAS MARKET LIBERALIZATION BARRIERS TO ENTRY DEBT UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LAND DEGRADATION POLLUTION FORESTRY CLIMATE CHANGE WELFARE GAINS FOOD PRODUCTION ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIES OF SCALE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY DIVIDENDS PRICE SUBSIDIES NATURAL RESOURCES METALS EFFECTIVE STRATEGY SUBSIDIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES EFFICIENCY FOOD PRODUCTION TAXES CANCER ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE RESOURCES UNEMPLOYMENT ARABLE LAND DRINKING WATER EQUITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH CONSUMPTION RURAL COMMUNITIES MARKET PRICES WAGES CLIMATE CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES MARKET PRICES FISCAL POLICIES CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PURCHASING POWER DEFORESTATION PATENTS DEMAND SUSTAINABLE USE MINES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ELECTRICITY GENERATION POPULATION GROWTH EXPENDITURES PROPERTY DECISION MAKING TAX RATES RIVER BASINS LABOR MARKETS ENVIRONMENT SOIL DEGRADATION LABOR FORCE RESOURCE ALLOCATION POPULATION PRESSURES ECONOMICS TERMS OF TRADE MARKET COMPETITION TAX REVENUE PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES BUSINESS CYCLES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROVEN RESERVES TRADE LAND LAND PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE DRINKING WATER PRICE SUBSIDIES COMMERCIAL BANKS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COAL FARMS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POPULATION PRESSURES REVENUE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE PRIVATE CONSUMPTION RISK MANAGEMENT LIVING CONDITIONS RESOURCE OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RISK MANAGEMENT PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL LABOR MARKETS LAND DEGRADATION ECONOMIC GROWTH PROPERTY RIGHTS PRICES PRODUCTION COSTS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIES PUBLIC GOODS COMPETITION The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in sustaining its gains on reducing poverty and enhancing shared prosperity over the next years. It will analyze the dynamics behind the progress achieved in the past decade on inclusive growth, and identify a number of key constraints for sustaining and consolidating this progress. The SCD begins, in Chapter two, with a presentation of four characteristics that make Bolivia special, including its State‐led development strategy, large natural resource wealth, difficult geography and landlocked condition, and rich ethnic diversity. In chapter three, this SCD presents an in‐depth evaluation of the generally positive evolution in growth and in the reduction of poverty and inequality over the past decade. An assessment of the recent past and current context concludes that there is a need for enabling new inclusive growth engines, particularly through increased private investment and higher productivity. Chapter four makes a case for rebalancing the path of inclusive growth, and presents three main challenges in this sense: sustaining macroeconomic and fiscal stability, developing non‐extractive sectors with higher productivity and a lower environmental footprint, and reducing gaps and disparities in access to opportunities. The discussion of these challenges reveals a number of priority constraints, a key input for the prioritization exercise. Finally, in chapter five the SCD presents the findings of a prioritization exercise aimed at producing a restricted list of prioritized constraints, as well as a list of knowledge gaps identified in the different parts of the analysis. 2016-04-25T20:12:57Z 2016-04-25T20:12:57Z 2015-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/24746377/bolivia-systematic-country-diagnostic-rebalancing-inclusive-growth-deepen-gains-poverty-inequality-reduction http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24132 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Country Focus :: Systematic Country Diagnostic Latin America & Caribbean Bolivia