Por Marco Antonio Belmonte, Vision 360: Bolivians send more money from abroad In Bolivia, remittances surpass foreign direct investment Last year, net foreign investment reached $294 million, while remittances in 2023 totaled $1.4364 billion. By March of this year, remittances amounted to $334.9 million. Bolivians abroad send more remittances to Bolivia. Photo: ABI. In recent…
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Economic slowdown demands concerted adjustment measures | Desaceleración económica exige medidas de ajuste concertadas
By Antonio Rocha, El Deber: Given the situation in the current year’s first quarter, with higher year-on-year inflation accumulated by March, the persistent decline in national exports, reduced imports due to the absence of competitive currency and payment methods, coupled with shortages of fuel and inputs for industry and agriculture, I believe we must fasten…
Unemployment – Desempleo
Editorial, Pagina Siete: The worrying unemployment figures Bolivian workers have arrived on May 1 in the middle of the worst economic crisis caused by the pandemic and with the highest unemployment rate in recent years, which as of February reaches 8.93%, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). According to the Millennium…
Desempleo – Unemployment
Editorial, El Diario: Growing unemployment Numerous economic aspects inherited by the government of President Luis Arce Catacora have determined that unemployment in the country, already existing for years, continues to grow even more and that for new causes it acquires a level that is still worrying and even alarming. This problem has already been detected…
Desempleo urbano – Urban unemployment
Juan Carlos Salinas, El Deber: The urban unemployment rate rose from 4.5% to 8.7%, according to the INE Analysts believe that the index will remain in 2021 if the Government does not reactivate demand and seal alliances with sectors that are intensive in creating jobs. According to the National Institute of Statistics, at the end…
Absurd Bolivian gov demagogue impacts employment!
This El Diario cartoon (09/15/2016) only portrays the crude reality in the Bolivian labor market: Not only companies were forced to shut down their operations due to the disgusting demagogue of current Bolivian government, regarding the imposition to pay a double Christmas bonus. To begin with, our economy has not increased, the perception of liquidity…
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