Bolivia : Country Economic Memorandum, Policies to Improve Growth and Employment

Bolivia is today at a crossroads. Several years of growth were achieved in the early and mid 1990s resulting from structural reforms which encouraged an upswing in private investment and productivity gains. However, more recently a series of economic shocks have hit Bolivia. These shocks not only ha...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Economic Memorandum
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCORDS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH BANKRUPTCY CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOW CAPITAL INVESTMENT CENTRAL BANK COMPETITIVENESS COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION CUSTOMS DUTIES DEBT DEBT BURDEN DEBT RELIEF DECENTRALIZATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DOMESTIC INVESTORS DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODELS ECONOMIC REFORMS EXPLAINING CHANGES EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORTS EXTERNAL FACTORS EXTERNAL SHOCKS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES GROWTH REGRESSIONS HIGH POVERTY HIGH TAXES INCOME POVERTY INCREASED INVESTMENT INCREASING INVESTMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATE ASSESSMENT INVESTMENT DISPUTES INVESTMENT LEVELS INVESTMENT RATE INVESTMENT RATES LABOR MARKET LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LONG-TERM GROWTH MACROECONOMIC MISMANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMICS MARKET ACCESS NATURAL RESOURCES NEGATIVE IMPACT NON-TARIFF BARRIERS NON-TRADITIONAL EXPORTS PATENTS PER CAPITA GROWTH PERSISTENT POVERTY POLICY CHANGES POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLITICAL INSTABILITY POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PREFERENTIAL AGREEMENTS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADING PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC OPINION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SECTOR REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP REAL INCOME REAL INCOMES REDUCING UNCERTAINTY REFORM PROGRAM REGIONAL STANDARDS REGULATORY BURDEN RISKY INVESTMENT SECTOR ACTIVITY SOCIAL STABILITY SOUTH AMERICA STABILIZATION REFORMS STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF STRUCTURE TAX BASE TAX SYSTEM TECHNICAL REGULATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE NEGOTIATIONS TRADE NEGOTIATORS TRADE PATTERNS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE REGIME TRADE RELATIONS TRADE SYSTEM TRADING PARTNERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE URBAN POVERTY VALUE-ADDED TAX WEAK ENFORCEMENT WORLD PRICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6504356/bolivia-country-economic-memorandum-policies-improve-growth-employment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8399