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

Publication Date:

April 20, 2005

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper presents key findings of the Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for Bolivia. Bolivia is a country that is perceived as having one of the best structural reform records in Latin America but experienced sluggish per capita growth, and made virtually no progress in reducing income-based poverty measures. The paper presents a summary account of Bolivia’s performance under IMF-supported programs. It emphasizes that to address Bolivia’s main economic problems—insufficient growth, and fiscal and financial fragility—a new medium-term program should be focused on fundamental institutional and structural reforms.

Series:

Country Report No. 2005/139

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

April 20, 2005

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451970500/1934-7685

Stock No:

1BOLEA2005001

Pages:

56

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