An excellent Editorial from El Diario [para la version en español, use el link de abajo, gracias]: More spending, less works In the 12 years of the current government, there have been more expenditures and fewer works, which shows that its three constitutional periods have been unsuccessful, much more when the country has had the…
Tag: public policy failures
Is the Bolivian National Institute of Statistics reporting accurately? An audit is needed!
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: ECONOMY AND FINANCE Audit to the INE Private entrepreneurs want an international organization to audit the INE, beginning by reviewing the GDP growth data, on which the payment of the second Christmas bonus depends. Of course, the national authorities responded with indignation, saying that this will not be possible,…
“Lessons learned and challenges for private investment and the development of the industry”
Manuel Filomeno reports for Pagina Siete: Five obstacles hinder private investment in Bolivia For the CNI, problems such as informality, low competitiveness and productivity, and the lack of incentives play against private investment. Informality, low competitiveness and productivity, isolation, high costs of moving to formality and the lack of a clear incentive policy are some…
Lack of incentive causes migration of Bolivian professionals
El Diario reports: According to a former leader of CEUB Lack of incentive causes migration of professionals • Universities require high budgets to interact with their peers from other regions of the world and exchange knowledge and experiences. In Bolivia, few have this type of international agreements. The former executive of the Bolivian University Executive…
Again evo fails … Time for Bolivia to Join Safe Schools Declaration
This is another proof that the coca caudillo is nothing but a cheap demagogue. He wanted to portray himself as Mandela’s Latin-American leader, but everything he does only serves to perpetuate himself in power. This amazing article tells where we stand on children rights, despite our honorable background and intentions after World War II. The…
Challenges Of Doing Business In Bolivia
The following assessment by the Mondaq group is well done. We should just remember that evo assumed the presidency over twelve years ago, under the best possible economic situation we ever had, he came to power with high prices over all our exports; however his government did not set the grounds to capture any relevant…
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