Bolivia; public policy options for the well-being of all

Reference & Research Book News, Feb, 2007

Bolivia; public policy options for the well-being of all.

Ed. by Vicente Fretes-Cibils et al.

The World Bank

2006

538 pages

$50.00

Paperback

HC182

The editors (all of the World Bank) present a report that is intended to contribute to the debate over Bolivia's economic and social development policy. The volume starts by reviewing issues and providing recommendations connected to economic policy, including discussion of macroeconomic management, tax collection, transaction costs and aid effectiveness, management and sustainability of the public debt, the financial system, the energy resource sector, productivity and competitiveness, rural development, and trade and integration policies. It then turns to issues of social inclusion and exclusion and social service provision in chapters that address poverty and inequality, Bolivia's indigenous population, gender issues, education and health, social protection, pension reform, water and sanitation, transportation systems, environmental degradation, and land policy. Finally, governance is examined in chapters discussing the efficiency and transparency in public administration, political decentralization, and justice and public security.

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