Bolivia: Selected Issues and Statistical Annex
November 11, 1997
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Annex identifies the sources of bank problems in Bolivia. It describes the measures to strengthen the system since 1985, and assesses the early results of bank restructuring in 1994–96. The paper highlights that prior to 1985, financial intermediation was subject to extensive controls on both interest rates and the allocation of credit, and hyperinflation distorted bank credit decisions even further. The paper also describes the basic features of the old pension system of Bolivia, and reviews the main innovations of the new system.
Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Labor, Loans, Pension reform, Pension spending, Wages
Keywords: bank, bank assets, bank capital adequacy, bank Poblems, bank portfolio, bank problem, banks' liquidity, capital, Commercial banks, cost, CR, distressed bank, FONDESIF loan, fund, ISCR, Loans, Pension reform, Pension spending, problem bank, restructured bank, Wages
Pages:
93
Volume:
1997
DOI:
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Issue:
099
Series:
Country Report No. 1997/099
Stock No:
1BOLEA0011997
ISBN:
9781451805659
ISSN:
1934-7685
