By Marco Antonio Belmonte, Visión 360: More Expensive Products Twelve-month cumulative food inflation has reached 31.21%. Prices rose for chicken meat, beef, and bananas. Egg supply at a market in La Paz. Photo: ABI While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) peaked at 18.09%, food inflation recorded a much higher cumulative rate of 22% in the…
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Bolivia has remained a lower-middle-income country for 37 years, despite the gas boom | Bolivia lleva 37 años estancada como país de ingreso medio bajo, pese al boom del gas
By Ernesto Estremadoiro, El Deber: The country remains stuck in the World Bank ranking / Photo: Ricardo Montero Since 1987, Bolivia has remained in the lower-middle-income category, according to the World Bank. While neighbors like Peru and Paraguay climb positions, the country still hasn’t broken through the development ceiling. In 1987, Bolivia was classified as…
¿Cuál es la mejor forma de ahorrar en compras inútiles, para un hogar boliviano? | What is the best way to save on useless purchases, for a Bolivian household?
Dado nuestro actual caos e incertidumbre político/económico, los hogares bolivianos necesitan revisar sus gastos, comenzando ahora y al menos hasta mediano plazo. Si más del 80% de nuestra fuerza laboral está inmersa en el sector informal, eso significa que la mayoría de nosotros tenemos un flujo de ingresos incierto, pocas oportunidades para ahorrar, y mucho…
How many Bolivians are in the global middle class?
From PewResearchCenter: Are you in the global middle class? Find out with our income calculator BY RAKESH KOCHHAR On a global scale, just 13% of the world’s population could be considered middle income in 2011, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of the most recently available data. Most people in the world were…
Why is that we ended up with more seniors working in Bolivia?
Carlos A. Muñiz reports for El Dia: According to the ILO and HelpAge More seniors working in Bolivia Report. The main causes are because they can not cover contributions or are in the informal sector. A report issued in 2014 by HelpAge notes that in the last 10 years has increased the number of Bolivians…
2014 food inflation in Bolivia
El Diario reports: 2014 Jubileo Foundation Evaluation: Food inflation reached 6.9% in 2014, average food prices rose by 6.9%, according to a report published yesterday by the Jubileo Foundation and released by Radio Fides. According to the data, this rate is lower than that achieved in 2013, when the variation was 10.4% and higher than…
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