Case Of Bolivia Research Articles

Survey on the Privatization of Social Security in Latin America: Pension Funds à la Chile?

This paper surveys the social security system in several Latin American countries. Specifically, the cases of Bolivia and Brazil are documented in order to determine if the Chilean model is a viable one in the Latin America and Caribbean region. An institutional approach suggests that while there has been a marked interest in tailoring pension funds a la Chile, policy makers of the region must be aware of the similarities and differences in the politico‐social‐economic environment. The macroeconomic transformation undertaken in Chile was a unique one obeying to specific conditions of time and process. It is indicated, however, that even in the case of developed nations, some features of the Chilean model may be very appealing as well.

Stabilization Policies and Agricultural Impacts in Developing Countries: The Case of Bolivia

AbstractThis research examines the success of stabilization policies to control hyperinflation in Bolivia. Money demand functions for the hyperinflation and stabilization periods were econometrically estimated and statistically tested. We conclude that the demand for money in Bolivia changed after stabilization policies were implemented, indicating that the new government's objectives were met. Stabilization policies resulted in real economic growth for Bolivia's economy, including its agricultural sector, where agricultural export shares increased tenfold as stabilization policies corrected overvalued exchange rates.

Beyond regulation: the informal economy in Latin America

The Informal Sector in Latin America - From Underground to Legality, V.E. Tokman. Part 1 Informality and Illegality: Informality and Ilegality, A False Identity - The Case of Bolivia, R. Casanovas Illegality in the Urban Informal Sector of Mexico City, N. Elizondo. Part 2 The Cost of Legality: Barriers to Legality and Their Costs for the informal Sector, R.A. Lagos Real vs. Ideal and the Brazilian Jeitinho - Microenterprise Registry Under the New Microenterprise Statue, J.W. Looye The Costs of Becoming Legal for Informal Firms - the Case of Venezuela, V. Cartaya. Part 3 Regulation and Informality: Protection for the Informal Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean by Social Security or Alternative Means, C. Mesa-Lago The Taxi Market in Chile - Regulation and Liberalization, 178-1987, M. Schkolnik Consequences of the Legal and Regulatory Framework in Peru's Taxi Market, E. Chavez.

Democracy, economic crisis and the problem of governance: The case of Bolivia

This article examines the political context within which the Bolivian government of Victor Paz Estenssoro (1985–1989) launched, implemented, and sustained a draconian neoliberal economic stabilization program. The article argues that the key to the successful economic program was the political skill and leadership of President Paz, in particular, his ability to negotiate a political pact with the main opposition party. Finally, the article ponders the tensions and contradictions between neoliberal economic policies and the process of consolidating democracy in a context of extreme economic crisis.

The Transit Problems of Landlocked States: The Cases of Bolivia and Paraguay

The Transit Problems of Landlocked States: The Cases of Bolivia and Paraguay

The Landlord Road and the Subordinate Peasant Road to Capitalism in Latin America

Two roads to capitalist agriculture are distinguished: the landlord and the peasant. It is argued that the landlord path is predominant in Latin America although the transition to capitalist agriculture is not yet complete. Landlords traditionally owned most of the land but the production process within the hacienda system was mainly undertaken by tenants ( Grundherrschaft). Generally after the crisis of the 1930s the technical and social relations of production began to change as a result of the expansion of the market, the availability of new technologies and the emergence of a growing labour surplus. Landlords mechanized their estates and substituted wage labour for tenant labour centralizing the hacienda's production process by expanding the demesne (Gutswirtschaft). However, the capitalist transformation of the hacienda has not always been uniform, unilinear and successful. Factors such as ecological conditions, types of agricultural product, and the resistance of peasants have introduced variations, limited or even prevented the landlord path. In some cases the State through the implementation of an agrarian reform has attempted to develop a peasant path. Although these attempts have largely been unsuccessful they have introduced further complexities. The cases of Bolivia, Peru and Chile are examined so as to illustrate the variations and limitations in the landlord path.

From national populism to national corporatism: The case of Bolivia (1952–1970)

From national populism to national corporatism: The case of Bolivia (1952–1970)

Peasants and revolution: the case of Bolivia

At the beginning of Part One of this article, an approach to an explanation of the survival of serfdom in Bolivia until 1953 and of its breakdown, is made by means of the analysis of the system of social control which was maintained, in the context of the absence of strong market currents in agricultural products. The workings of the system were demonstrated with reference to the peasants' revolt of 1899, an episode which was shown to have been possible because a fraction of the elite was prepared to suspend the rules which governed the system.

Peasants and revolution: the case of Bolivia

Peasants and revolution: the case of Bolivia