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BOLIVIA: Strikes threaten economic disruption
It also comes as a boost to the otherwise precarious political fortunes of President Luis Arce, who confronted a failed coup earlier last month.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288515
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Faced with the diminution of foreign currency reserves, the government has taken steps to encourage exporters to repatriate the dollars they earn abroad and place them within the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB286561
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For the last 25 years, gas exports have been Bolivia’s main source of foreign exchange and the government’s main source of tax income. However, long-time buyer Argentina is moving…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281699
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Exports last year reached record levels, although imports were almost as high. President Luis Arce's government has had some success in reducing the fiscal deficit, but this too…
This has been only partially successful. International loan drawdowns may help the situation in the short term, but the government is having to revise some long-established policy…
The economic power of both Santa Cruz (Bolivia) and Guayaquil (Ecuador) has long had important and sometimes destabilising impacts on national politics. Ecuador and Bolivia are…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257994
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The strategy, which has attracted criticism from opponents as being overly statist, is based largely on the policy orientation adopted by the Morales administrations between 2006…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265964
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Gas pressures.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB252476
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Labour informality and the tax base.