Bolivia: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation and Request for Second Annual Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

March 15, 2000

Summary

A considerable degree of macroeconomic stability was achieved by Bolivia, and by the steadfast implementation of structural reforms, most of the distortions that adversely affected the economy in the early 1980s were removed. The Bolivian authorities are committed to fighting poverty. Executive Directors urged the authorities to proceed decisively with the envisaged reform of labor regulations in 2000 to enhance external competitiveness, make Bolivia’s regulations complaint with the norms of the International Labor Organization, and broaden the coverage of the formal economy.

Subject: Balance of payments, Banking, Current account deficits, Economic sectors, Imports, International trade, Labor, Macrostructural analysis, Public debt, Public sector, Structural reforms

Keywords: balance of payments reason, Bolivia's program, CR, Current account deficits, Imports, ISCR, payments agreement, Public sector, request of Bolivia, sc, Structural reforms, trustee, trustee requests consultation

Pages:
83
Volume:
2000
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451805710.002
Issue:
040
Series:
Country Report No. 2000/040
Stock No:
1BOLEA0022000
ISBN:
9781451805710
ISSN:
1934-7685

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Notes

Included with the Staff Report is the text of Public Information Notice No. 00/12--IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Bolivia.

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