The paper describes the privatization process in Bolivia, placing emphasis on the particularities of the capitalization mechanism that was used for this purpose, and the regulatory framework introduced as its essential complement. With this background, the paper then details the changes in the...

The wave of privatizations Latin America experienced during the 1990s was integral to stabilization programs and a general reordering of states’ roles in the regional economy. Over the past few years, however, these privatizations have come under increasing fire. Their purported adverse...

This paper analyses the privatization of utilities in Bolivia, detailing the particularities of the capitalization mechanism which was used for this purpose. The analysis suggests that capitalization and regulation, and the liberalization of the utilities sector more generally, succeeded in...

This paper evaluates the short term impacts on poverty of pro-poor expenditure and total social expenditure during the 1999-2002 period of Bolivian economic recession. Observed characteristics of recession are simulated by the combined effects of negative terms of trade shock, reduction in...

The document is an analytical report on the impact of structural reforms in the Bolivian electricity industry initiated in 1994-95. With the Capitalization Law, the Regulatory System Law and the Electricity Law in particular, the electricity industry experimented a new structure including an...

The document is an analytical report on the impact of structural reforms in the Bolivian telecommunications industry initiated in 1994-95. With the Capitalization Law, the Regulatory System Law and the Telecommunications Law in particular, the telecommunications industry is in transition to full...

The document is an analytical report on the initial results of the impact of structural reforms on investment for the period 1980-97 in general and the more recent structural reforms in the infrastructure industries in particular. In the context of these reforms it explores the connection...

The document is an analytical report on the initial results of the impact of structural reforms on investment for the period 1980-97 in general and the more recent structural reforms in the infrastructure industries in particular. In the context of these reforms it explores the connection...

The document is an analytical report on the impact of structural reforms in the Bolivian telecommunications industry initiated in 1994-95. With the Capitalization Law, the Regulatory System Law and the Telecommunications Law in particular, the telecommunications industry is in transition to full...

The document is an analytical report on the impact of structural reforms in the Bolivian electricity industry initiated in 1994-95. With the Capitalization Law, the Regulatory System Law and the Electricity Law in particular, the electricity industry experimented a new structure including an...