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Análisis de coyuntura: Precio del petróleo, subsidio a los combustibles y vulnerabilidad macroeconómica en Bolivia

Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Bhattacharyya, Arjun C. - 2026

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Análisis de coyuntura : precio del petróleo, subsidio a los combustibles y vulnerabilidad macroeconómica en Bolivia

Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Bhattacharyya, Arjun C. - 2026

The escalation of the conflict between the United States and Iran has reintroduced a major source of instability into the international oil market, raising not only crude oil prices but also refining premia, logistics costs, and uncertainty over global energy supply. This context is particularly...

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Efectos macro sectoriales de eliminar el subsidio implícito al gas para la generación eléctrica en Bolivia

Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Salinas San Martin, Luis; … - 2026

The document presents a first exercise aimed at assessing the macroeconomic and sectoral effects of eliminating the implicit subsidy on natural gas used for electricity generation in Bolivia. To this end, it uses a simple short-run, static 2STAGE-E Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model,...

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Land protection, credit access, and the insurance gap : the De Soto trap

Hernani-Limarino, Werner - 2026

Bolivia's Ley 1720 (April 2026) allows smallholders to voluntarily convert constitutionally protected pequeña propiedad - land that cannot be seized by creditors - into pledgeable mediana propiedad, explicitly targeting the credit-access channel that Hernando de Soto popularized. This paper...

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Smog, not lights : tracking Bolivia's 2024-2026 recession from space

Hernani-Limarino, Werner; Eid, Ahmed - 2026

Nighttime lights are the standard satellite proxy for economic activity, but they fail to detect recessions. On a 2020-2024 panel of nine Bolivian departments, VIIRS lights match the sign of PIB growth 78 percent of the time during expansions but only 39 percent during contractions - worse than...

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Perfil socioeconómico de las mujeres privadas de libertad : los casos de Palmasola, COF Obrajes y San Sebastián

Muriel Hernández, Beatriz; García E., Lucía; … - 2026

This study examines the socioeconomic profile of women deprived of liberty in Bolivia's main female correctional facilities - Palmasola, COF Obrajes, and San Sebastián Mujeres - based on a representative survey conducted by INESAD among 403 incarcerated women in 2025. The study aims to provide...

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An analysis of agricultural total factor productivity growth and its determinants in Bolivia

Schling, Maja; Ortiz, María Camila; Pérez Massard, Renée - 2026

This paper analyzes trends in agricultural total factor productivity in Bolivia between 2008 and 2015 and the factors driving these trends using national agricultural surveys. On balance, the findings suggest that agricultural total factor productivity increased by 1.8% annually between...

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Bolivia : BOLMOD v3.1 : 2019-2025

Arancibia Romero, Cristina; Macas Romero, David - 2026

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Research management in higher education institutions from developing countries: An analysis for Bolivia and Paraguay

Pacheco, Luís Dias; Tavares, Fernando Oliveira; … - 2025

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Empleos verdes y tecnologías agrícolas sostenibles: El caso de la producción de quinua en los países andinos

Muriel Hernández, Beatriz; Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; … - 2025

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Direct and spillover effects of an agricultural technology adoption program: Evidence from Bolivia

Salazar, Lina; Bernal, Sebastián; Miranda, Luis Enrique - 2025

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Inclusive innovation within developmental university approaches : insights towards (post) IPR settings in Bolivia

Acevedo, Carlos; Trojer, Lena; Vogelmann, Helene - 2025

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Bolivia : 2024 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bolivia

2025

Economic activity has slowed reflecting falling natural gas production, lower public investment execution, financial volatility, and disruptions due to socio-political tensions. Bolivia's inflation rate remains one of the lowest in the region, sustained by price controls and costly subsidies....

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Lessons from emergency remote teaching adaptation and its enduring impact : the case of UTEPSA in Bolivia

Dabdoub Azogue, Ruben Dario; Arauco Urzagaste, Mónica … - 2025

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Bolivia : 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bolivia

2025

Bolivia's chronic macroeconomic imbalances have reached acute levels, exacerbated by a structural decline in gas production, sociopolitical tensions, and climate shocks. Fiscal deficits are large and are predominantly being financed by the central bank. Usable foreign exchange (FX) reserves have...

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Direct and spillover effects of an agricultural technology adoption program : evidence from Bolivia

Salazar, Lina; Bernal, Sebastián; Miranda, Luis Enrique - 2025

This study employs an experimental approach to estimate both the direct and indirect effects (i.e. spillovers) of an agricultural technology adoption program on small landholder farmers in Bolivia. Specifically, the evaluation focuses on the second phase of the "Creación de Iniciativas...

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Empleos verdes y tecnologías agrícolas sostenibles : el caso de la producción de quinua en los países andinos

Muriel Hernández, Beatriz; Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; … - 2025

We propose a systemic analytical approach that links green jobs with sustainable agricultural technologies adoption, considering a gender perspective. In addition, we identify factors (from producers and the environment) that influence the use (or lack thereof) of this technologies. This...

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Effects of countercyclical policies on women's and men's incomes during the COVID-19 pandemic : a gender analysis of personal taxes and transfers in Colombia, Ecuador and the plurinational state of Bolivia

Collado, Diego; Bidegain, Nicole - 2025

At the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, just weeks before the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the region’s governments undertook to “implement gender-sensitive countercyclical policies, in order to mitigate the...

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Sustainable cost of quinoa production in Bolivia : a foodscape approach integrating the recovery of agricultural heritage (COSPH)

Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Caballero Caballero, Adriana … - 2025

This study analyzes the sustainable production cost, integrating the recovery of agricultural heritage (COSPH), for quinoa cultivation in the Bolivian High Plateau (Altiplano), seeking to answer: How much does it cost to make quinoa production sustainable over time in Bolivia? And, How does this...

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Bolivia : BOLMOD v3.0 : 2019-2024

Arancibia Romero, Cristina; Macas Romero, David - 2025

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Efficiency in poverty reduction in Bolivia

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2025

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Barriers to pension affiliation in Bolivia : evidence on accessibility, affordability, and acceptability

Muriel Hernández, Beatriz; Herrera, Alejandro; Lenis … - 2025

This paper uses a multidimensional framework that incorporates constraints of accessibility, affordability, and acceptability to examine the determinants of effective access to the contributory component of Bolivia's pension system. Using nationally representative household surveys from 2005 and...

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On the effects of wildfires on poverty in Bolivia

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2025

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On the effects of wildfires on poverty in Bolivia

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2024

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FY 2025 Bolivia Country Opinion Survey Report

2025

The Country Opinion Survey in Bolivia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Bolivia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media, academia, the private sector,...

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Enhancing quinoa yields in the southern Altiplano of Bolivia : an integrated agronomic and economic approach

Colque, Óscar; Herrera, Alejandro; Muriel Hernández, … - 2025

Quinoa production in Bolivia's southern Altiplano region takes place under some of the most severe agroecological conditions in the Andes. These include extreme altitude, scarce and variable rainfall, frequent frost, strong winds, and, more recently, widespread soil degradation. Organic soil...

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Women in cross-border trade case study in the plurinational state of Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru : tchnical cooperation outcome

2025

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Bolivia factograph

2025

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Bolivia factograph

2025

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Bolivia factograph

2024

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Latin America IP SME helpdesk : Bolivia factograph

2024

Book / Working Paper

Common cultural background : the key to success of two Bolivian agricultural cooperatives

Reinaga, Ramiro; Garnevska, Elena; Shadbolt, Nicola - 2025

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Determinants of banking, inflation, and foreign exchange reserves crises : the case of Bolivia

Bojanic, Antonio - 2025

Utilizing logit econometric models, this paper investigates the primary factors contributing to the onset of banking, inflation, and foreign exchange reserves crises in Bolivia. The analysis reveals that banking crises are more likely when the terms of trade improve, with greater monetary...

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Research management in higher education institutions from developing countries : an analysis for Bolivia and Paraguay

Pacheco, Luís Dias; Tavares, Fernando Oliveira; … - 2025

Research outputs in higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucially dependent on the research management process. Departing from a SWOT analysis, the main objective of this paper is to analyze the perceptions of stakeholders (researchers, teachers, and senior research managers) regarding the...

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Efficiency in Poverty Reduction: A State-Level Analysis for Bolivia

Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo J.; Puerta-Cuartas, Alejandro; … - 2024

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Beyond the Usual: Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of Job Quality in Bolivia's Labor Market

Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo J.; Cueva, Ronald A.; … - 2024

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Seguros agrícolas paramétricos : una revisión de la literatura

Jemio, Luis Carlos - 2024

Agricultural insurances based on a climate index are an innovative form of insurance that represent a viable alternative for low-income countries. Such insurances are tied to a climatic index (e.g. the level of precipitation, temperature, humidity or crop yield) rather than an actual loss. This...

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Seguros agrícolas paramétricos: Una revisión de la literatura

Jemio, Luis Carlos - 2024

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Situación actual y perspectivas del sector quinuero en Bolivia

Collao Pérez, Rubén; Muriel Hernández, Beatriz - 2024

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Labor market transitions in Bolivia during the Covid-19 pandemic

Calle Sarmiento, Angélica del Carmen - 2024

In a descriptive way, this paper analyzes the transitions in the Bolivian labor market during the Covid19 pandemic to comprehend the patterns and trends of worker transitions across states related to employment, unemployment, temporarily inactive, permanently inactive; also for employed people...

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Labor market transitions in Bolivia during the Covid-19 pandemic

Calle Sarmiento, Angélica del Carmen - 2024

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Exploring new interregional opportunities for pharmaceutical supply chains: The potential of Mercosur countries to advance the EU's Global Health Strategy

Salles, Fernanda Cimini; Bayerlein, Michael; … - 2024

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Current situation and prospects of the quinoa sector in Bolivia

Collao Pérez, Rubén; Muriel Hernández, Beatriz - 2024

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Why do community members support clientelistic deals? : How collective voting decisions are taken in Uru Indigenous communities, Bolivia

Hirseland, Aline-Sophia - 2024

This article explores the practice of "instructed voting" prevalent among rural Indigenous communities in Bolivia, referring to the taking of collective electoral decisions. It adds to the debate on clientelistic bloc voting by revealing voters' motives for participating in clientelistic deals,...

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Why do community members support clientelistic deals? How collective voting decisions are taken in Uru Indigenous communities, Bolivia

Hirseland, Aline-Sophia - 2024

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Can Children's Education Enhance Formal Female Labor Force Participation?

Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo J.; Yanez, Gunnar Poppe - 2024

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Chinese state capital as a partner for resource-based structural transformation? : the Belt and Road initiative and downstream linkages in Bolivia and Kazakhstan

Jepson, Nicholas; Baldakova, Oyuna - 2024

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Desafiando la heteronormatividad en Bolivia : voces de la comunidad LGBTQ+ sobre el mundo laboral

Otazú, María Delina; Urquidi, Manuel - 2024

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The state and the legalisation of illicit financial flows : trading gold in Bolivia

Brugger, Fritz; Proksik, Joschka J.; Fischer, Felicitas - 2024

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Current situation and prospects of the quinoa sector in Bolivia

Collao Pérez, Rubén; Muriel Hernández, Beatriz - 2024

We analyze the quinoa sector situation and prospects in Bolivia, based on both secondary and primary information sources (i.e. surveys of producers and interviews to key actors). The quinoa sector has sustainability problems in production, market shares and price volatility. However, this grain...

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Tracking the trend of quinoa price in Bolivia : structural breaks and persistence of shocks

Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Garrón Vedia, Ignacio; Lenis … - 2024

Quinoa has evolved considerably in the past decades, becoming consolidated as a fundamental pillar for Andean farming communities and emerging as a prominent actor in the global superfood market. Despite this, prices of this grain have been characterized by complex dynamics, with substantial...

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Changes in adult well-being and economic inequalities : an exploratory observational longitudinal study (2002-2010) of micro-level trends among Tsimane', a small-scale rural society of Indigenous people in the Bolivian Amazon

Godoy, Ricardo A.; Bauchet, Jonathan; Behrman, Jere R.; … - 2024

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Can children's education enhance formal female labor force participation?

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Poppe Yanez, Gunnar - 2024

Developing countries face significant challenges in increasing women's labor force participation and improving job quality, partly due to the substantial presence of the informal sector. This paper examines the case of Bolivia, which has the highest level of informality in Latin America. We...

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Assessment of water footprint profiles : analysis of the quinoa life cycle in Bolivia

Aliaga Lordemann, Javier; Capriles, Alejandro; … - 2024

This study analyzes the water footprint profiles of quinoa production in Bolivia, an emblematic crop that faces significant challenges in terms of yield and sustainability. The Total Water Footprint (WH) of quinoa estimated for the Southern Altiplano region of Bolivia is approximately 1,728...

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Estimate of the carbon footprint in organic quinoa plots in the south of Bolivia : case study

Roca Villarroel, Liliana Carolina - 2024

This case study is part of the research project "Creating Indigenous Women's Green Jobs under Low-Carbon COVID-19 Response and Recovery in the Bolivian Quinoa Sector". I estimate the carbon footprint associated with the quinoa production in southern Bolivia based on primary information of 19...

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GDP nowcasting : a machine learning and remote sensing data-based approach for Bolivia

Bolivar, Osmar - 2024

This research introduces an innovative GDP nowcasting strategy tailored for developing countries, specifically addressing challenges related to limited data timeliness. The study centers on Bolivia, where the official monthly indicator of economic growth is released with a substantial delay of...

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Exploring new interregional opportunities for pharmaceutical supply chains : the potential of Mercosur countries to advance the EU's Global Health Strategy

Salles, Fernanda Cimini; Bayerlein, Michael; … - 2024

The European Union’s (EU) Global Health Strategy calls for open and strategic autonomy in the field of pharmaceuticals, which would lead to the redesign of EU global supply and value chains as well as trade relations. As the EU and Germany are seeking to diversify their trade partners, the...

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