How to generate employment and economic value for Bolivia!

Alberto Bonadona writes in Pagina Siete: Between what is said and what you want to hear Last week I witnessed an excellent exhibition by Enrique Velazco in the Central Bank, in which he addressed a group mostly composed of economists. The clarity with which exposed the data and the explanation made by were, as always,…

Investment trends in Bolivia during 2014

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…

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%….