Reviews the liberalization experience of Bolivia and Chile during the 1990s and argues that the IMF structural reform …

During the 2000s Bolivia experienced moderate economic growth and improved all labour market indicators. The economy … suffered a slowdown as a consequence of the international crisis of 2008, but Bolivia sustained positive growth rates during … that episode. The unemployment rate fell between 2000 and 2012. The composition of employment by occupational groups …

Bolivia's macroeconomic performance in the period 1994 to 1998 is analyzed and compared with the performance in former … to assess what has been achieved in Bolivia since the deep crisis of the early 1980s. A special focus is whether the …

This study focuses on analysing the linkages between output growth, employment and poverty, at both the macro and micro … self-employment. At the micro level of a household, the same linkage between poverty and employment operates through the … levels. At the macro level, the linkage between poverty and output growth is conceptualised in terms of the average …

analyzes in detail the two sectors where the bulk of employment and poverty is concentrated (agriculture and the urban informal …The reform program and growth pattern exhibited by the Bolivian economy in the last decade did not favour employment … creation and consequently not an effective reduction of poverty. During the last decade, those sectors where the bulk of …

This study focuses on analysing the linkages between output growth, employment and poverty, at both the macro and micro … self-employment. At the micro level of a household, the same linkage between poverty and employment operates through the … levels. At the macro level, the linkage between poverty and output growth is conceptualised in terms of the average …