## Bolivia: Ex-Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement

_IMF Staff Country Reports, April 20, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 20, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451970500.002

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### Summary findings
- Bolivia is perceived as having one of the best structural reform records in Latin America.
- Despite strong structural reform efforts, Bolivia experienced sluggish per capita growth.
- Bolivia made virtually no progress in reducing income-based poverty measures.
- The paper presents a summary account of Bolivia’s performance under IMF-supported programs.
- To address Bolivia’s main economic problems—insufficient growth, and fiscal and financial fragility—the paper emphasizes that a new medium-term program should be focused on fundamental institutional and structural reforms.

### Performance under IMF-supported programs
- The assessment provides an overview of Bolivia’s performance under IMF-supported programs (summary account).
- Key macrostructural issues identified include insufficient growth and fiscal and financial fragility.
- The report highlights a contrast between strong structural reform implementation and weak outcomes on per capita income growth and poverty reduction.

### Policy implications and recommendations
- A new medium-term program is recommended with a primary focus on fundamental institutional reforms.
- Structural reforms are emphasized as central to resolving the twin problems of insufficient growth and fiscal and financial fragility.
- Financial sector reform and financial regulation and supervision are implied priorities given the identified financial fragility.

### Thematic coverage (as listed in the source)
- Banking
- Economic sectors
- Expenditure
- Financial regulation and supervision
- Financial sector
- Financial sector reform
- Macrostructural analysis
- Pension reform
- Public debt
- Structural reforms

*International Monetary Fund. "Bolivia: Ex-Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement", April 20, 2005.*

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