The World Economic Forum has issued its Global Competitiveness Report 2014–2015. The information regarding Bolivia follows: . . [If you notice the first six marks are a direct result of the coca grower’s government. They managed to isolate Bolivia from sustainable growth, scare away investors, impose quotas on the food industry, de-dolarization, a corrupt and large…
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In Bolivia, one million women are heads of households
ANF reports in El Diario: In Bolivia One million women are heads of households A total of 987,852 women in Bolivia are heads of households, as evidenced by the official results of the 2012 Census, information that was highlighted by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to mark the “Day of the Bolivian Woman” in tribute…
Quality of Life Index for Bolivia 2014 Mid Year
As reported by NUMBEO: Bolivia data is: Please compare with what the coca grower “offered” us to be and also with the “empire” that he relentlessly attacks: http://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp Thus, over the last nine years, the delusions of grandeur of the coca grower are evident! He and his acolytes merely wasted over $120 BILLION dollars! Bolivia’s…
How could Bolivia’s banking system be competitive if current Bolivian gov keeps on “creating” taxes?!
El Deber reports: Banking system to contribute 6% of profits to social function The cabinet approved a decree. Multiple banks will have to use 6% of their profits. Asoban sees trouble. The cabinet yesterday approved a supreme decree approving the participation of 6% of the profits of the bank, to be used to fund credit…
Our Bolivian elderly and The Global AgeWatch Index 2014
Bolivia went down to the 51st position from 46th last year. . . . . . . . . http://www.helpage.org/global-agewatch/population-ageing-data/country-ageing-data/?country=Bolivia%2B%2528Plurinational%2BState%2Bof%2529 Bolivia’s stronghold regarding the elderly is their families. Bolivians in general like to live with their elderly, few of us end up in nursing homes. Over the sat ten years, it…
300,000 hectares of deforested forest
Leyla Mendieta reports for El Dia: A total of 4.6 million in other areas 300,000 hectares of deforested forest Data. They warn that the expansion of the agricultural frontier by 2025, would have affected 10 million. Of the 4,641,000 hectares deforested to date, approximately 370,621 will correspond to protected forests, as noted in a report…
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