Bolivia: Public Policy Options for the Well-being of All

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Vicente 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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