Bolivia’s path to urban resilience

The World Bank is naive when speaking about current government in Bolivia, they forget to mention the large quantity of civilians that were brought from the highlands to Beni and Pando, without any planning and proper logistics. evo offered land for free and made other promises that are still pending and those population are having…

It gets harder to do business in Bolivia … WTH?!

I feel frustrated as I see my country loosing opportunities and time to catch up with the world in this century! We have been taken over by demagogue populists that only think about self-perpetuating in power … Only Venezuela and Haiti are ahead of us … nevertheless we fall third in this shameful list. Of…

Does Bolivia failed to be competitive?

Gary Rodriguez writes in Los Tiempos: Why countries fail? Bolivia: The challenge of competitiveness and production, was the theme of the Cainco International Economic Forum 2014 organized by the Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services and Tourism of Santa Cruz (06/05/2014). A great event that I solace listening to three experts who knew what they were…

Women’s Rights in Bolivia

The Guardian presents this interesting information regarding Women’s Rights in Bolivia: Women’s rights country by country – interactive Which countries have laws preventing violence? Which legislate for gender equality? And which countries allow abortion? Using World Bank and UN data we offer a snapshot of women’s rights across the globe. Select a region and hover…

2012 economic growth for Bolivia, two figures…

Carla Paz Vargas reports for El Deber: The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Bank differ in their forecasts on economic growth of Bolivia for this year. Thus, while the first sets a rate of 5.2 per cent, close to the estimates of the Government (5,52%), the second provides…