Bolivia: Public Policy Options for the Well-being of AllVicente Fretes Cibils, Marcelo Giugale, Connie Luff World Bank Publications, 2006 - 538 pages Bolivia's challenges with regard to policy are multiple, deep and multifaceted, and as such they require integral proposals. The book tries to cover these challenges in their different dimensions and presents options to grow more and better - creating jobs, with benefits for all, and without corruption and with civic participation. The design and implementation of all these options, simultaneously or in the short- and medium-term, is not feasible; and from here blooms options. |
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... Bolivia's Social Protection System 348 Figure 2a . Figure 2b . Population with Health Insurance Coverage , 2002 ... Bolivia , 1999-2004 347 Table 2 . Table 3 . Table 4 . Bolivia : Vulnerability Indicators by Income Quintile Social ...
... Bolivia's Social Protection System 348 Figure 2a . Figure 2b . Population with Health Insurance Coverage , 2002 ... Bolivia , 1999-2004 347 Table 2 . Table 3 . Table 4 . Bolivia : Vulnerability Indicators by Income Quintile Social ...
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... Bolivians poor and one in four indigent . There is a large gap in the distribution of wealth ( the richest 20 percent of the population controls almost ... BOLIVIA PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS FOR THE WELL - BEING OF ALL II. Reflections on the Past.
... Bolivians poor and one in four indigent . There is a large gap in the distribution of wealth ( the richest 20 percent of the population controls almost ... BOLIVIA PUBLIC POLICY OPTIONS FOR THE WELL - BEING OF ALL II. Reflections on the Past.
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... Bolivia represented approximately 16 percent of GDP , compared to an average of 20 percent in the countries of Latin America , 21 percent in other devel- oping countries — Turkey , Hungary , and Romania , to name a few — and more than ...
... Bolivia represented approximately 16 percent of GDP , compared to an average of 20 percent in the countries of Latin America , 21 percent in other devel- oping countries — Turkey , Hungary , and Romania , to name a few — and more than ...
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... Bolivia Had Matched the Pace of Economic Growth in Latin America , 1950-2000 ... Bolivia's Average Income Bolivia's Poverty Rate If Bolivia had grown at : ( decade of 2000 ) ( decade of 2000 ) -0.02 % per year ( Actual rate of growth ) ...
... Bolivia Had Matched the Pace of Economic Growth in Latin America , 1950-2000 ... Bolivia's Average Income Bolivia's Poverty Rate If Bolivia had grown at : ( decade of 2000 ) ( decade of 2000 ) -0.02 % per year ( Actual rate of growth ) ...
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... Bolivia's health situation continues to be one of the most worrisome in Latin America. The results on indi- cators such as the maternal and infant mortality rates place Bolivia among the worst in the region, after Haiti. Indicators for ...
... Bolivia's health situation continues to be one of the most worrisome in Latin America. The results on indi- cators such as the maternal and infant mortality rates place Bolivia among the worst in the region, after Haiti. Indicators for ...
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