Efrain Valera and Gary Rojas report for El Deber: EXPERTS IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR INVESTMENT Ten sectors that seduce investments for 2014 Market. Food, buying franchises, services to extractive industries, among others, open the opportunity to new capital. The chia, quinoa, wheat, sugar cane and fruits are some of the sectors seeking to attract more investments…
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Bolivia 2013 Prosperity Index, by Legatum
The 2013 Legatum Prosperity Index – Bolivia is in 86th position: . . . . . . . .
Could this Bolivian gov achieve economic growth? … really?!
Alberto Bonadona Cossio writes for Pagina Siete: Can growth be achieved? There are several economic and non-economic analysts who insist that Bolivia has a great opportunity of growth that does not take advantage. This assertion, which I share, refers to an average growth of 4.7% of recent years just over 0.1% to the capitalization period….
Signs of anguish… only in Bolivia
An important analysis made by Humberto Vacaflor G. from El Deber: Signs of anguish That the Government have to cancel the 30% tax credit on the purchase of fuel invoices or to order the national tax service in 2013 for a 30% increase in revenues, are signs of some internal anguish. But, in addition, that…
Bolivian government expenditures and investment priorities
This pie chart is from a very interesting paper made by the Jubileo Foundation, based on 2011 figures which certainly reflects prior years’ priorities and also where this government is leading us… Total budget is distributed as follows: Central government takes 53%; municipalities 19%; decentralized institutions take 12%; Department Governments 9% and state universities 7%….
We spend more, don’t we need to invest?
Pagina Siete has a excellent article today: The budget for recurrent expenditures (salaries and wages, goods and services, interest and other debt) tripled between 2006 and 2011; during that time it went from 22,158 million to 69,453 million Bolivianos (exchange rate is “appreciating” the Bolivian currency, thus benefitting imports which are mostly sumptuary goods, subsidies and damaging our fragile export industries; one…
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