## Bolivia: 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Supplement and Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bolivia

_IMF Staff Country Reports, June 2, 2011_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: June 2, 2011
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455272525.002

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### Summary findings
- Bolivia showed a solid macroeconomic performance in recent years, owing to its strong trade and prudent economic policies.
- IMF staff stressed the need to tighten monetary conditions through increasing the policy interest rate as a means to combat inflation.
- The Executive Board praised authorities for their sound macroeconomic management, and concurred that structural reform and increased investment will enhance economic growth.
- The crisis management framework could be strengthened with a deposit insurance scheme to protect small depositors in the event of bank liquidation.

### Key statistics and metadata
- Publication date: June 2, 2011
- Pages: 76
- Volume: 2011
- Issue: 124
- Series: Country Report No. 2011/124
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455272525.002
- Stock No: 1BOLEA2011001
- ISBN: 9781455272525
- ISSN: 1934-7685

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Banking, Credit, Economic sectors, External debt, Inflation, Money, Prices, Public debt, Public sector
- Keywords: background color, CBB authorities, CR, Credit, draft law, food inflation, GDP deflator, Global, Inflation, ISCR, Public sector, South America, staff appraisal, State company

### Policy implications and recommendations
- Tighten monetary conditions by increasing the policy interest rate to combat inflation.
- Pursue structural reform and measures to increase investment to enhance economic growth.
- Strengthen crisis management framework by establishing a deposit insurance scheme to protect small depositors in the event of bank liquidation.

*International Monetary Fund. "Bolivia: 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Supplement and Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bolivia", IMF Staff Country Reports 2011, 124 (2011), accessed 9/13/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455272525.002*

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