Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/189540 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Development Research Working Paper Series No. 05/2007
Publisher: 
Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD), La Paz
Abstract: 
This paper seeks to test to which extent geographical constraints can be blamed for Bolivia s poor growth performance during the last three decades. Although geographical characteristics are too stable to explain the dramatic fluctuations in growth rates over time in Bolivia, there are at least four factors that contribute to changing the importance of those characteristics over time: 1) internal migration, 2) infrastructure investments, 3) change in export partners, and 4) change in export products. The results show that Bolivia is indeed adjusting in all 4 dimensions in order to reduce the importance of geographical constraints, but not nearly fast enough.
Subjects: 
Geography
Development
Bolivia
JEL: 
Q56
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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