101. Reinvigorating Growth In Bolivia, Remarks By Anoop Singh, Director, Western Hemi Between 1964 and 1985, bolivia had 20 governments and even more economic teams . In bolivia, it augurs well that the government is committed to http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2003/071703.htm

Anoop Singh Speeches for Bolivia and the IMF Brazil and the IMF The IMF and Good Governance A Factsheet Free Notification Receive emails when we post new items of interest to you. Subscribe or Modify your profile Reinvigorating Growth in Bolivia Remarks by Anoop Singh Director, Western Hemisphere Department International Monetary Fund At the CAINCO Economic Forum 2003 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, July 17, 2003 Introduction 2. It is also a great pleasure to be meeting under the auspices of Camara de Industria, Comercio y Servicios de Santa Cruz (CAINCO). Through these conferences, and in many other ways, CAINCO is playing a vital role in promoting the national dialogue on economic policies in Bolivia, and today's theme of productive growth and poverty reduction is clearly central to the concerns of all of us interested in promoting Bolivia's long-term development. 3. The IMF is deeply committed to working with Bolivia and helping it achieve its clear potential and reduce its persistently high poverty and inequalities. Exactly ten days ago, the IMF's Board completed the first review of Bolivia's stand-by arrangement, recognizing the good progress that has been made in recent months to stabilize Bolivia's macroeconomic situation after the turbulence of earlier this year. We are also continuing to work hard with other members of the international community to help the Bolivian government put together a longer-term economic program, which could be supported by our Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility.

102. [04-12-00] Jim Shultz, Blame Bechtel, Not Narcotraffickers, For Bolivian Uprisin bolivia s government blamed violent protests here this past week on narcotraffickers.In fact, the real blame lies squarely with a multinational s efforts http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/6.07/000412-bechtel.html

Table of Contents Jinn Home Page Search Net-Links ... YO! Blame Bechtel, Not Narcotraffickers, For Bolivian Uprising By Jim Shultz Date: 04-12-00 Bolivia's government blamed violent protests here this past week on narcotraffickers. In fact, the real blame lies squarely with a multinational's efforts to wrest profits from supplying water. PNS commentator Jim Shultz, executive director of The Democracy Center (www.democracyctr.org) lives in Cochabamba, Bolivia. COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA A week of enormous, often violent, civil uprisings here left at least seven people dead, more than a hundred others injured and flashed pictures of the nation abroad that made leaders here very nervous. The government was quick to blame. Spokesman Ronald MacLean told the few international reporters here after the first demonstration, "I want to denounce the subversive attitude absolutely politically financed by narcotraffickers." The recent demonstrations can come as no surprise to Bechtel executives or the Bolivian government. In January, general strikes shut Cochabambino down for four straight days. To end the protests, the Bolivian government promised to force rates down a promise broken within a few weeks. When thousands tried to march peacefully here on February 4th, President Hugo Banzer, called out police and hammered people with two days of tear gas, leaving 175 citizens injured and two youths blinded. In March, a survey of more than 60,000 residents found 90 percent saying the water system should be returned to public control. When residents staged a shutdown, the Bolivian government announced that the corporation must not leave.

103. Harvard Helps Celebrate Bolivia's Success Story And in 1985 the bolivian government invited Professor Sachs of the EconomicsDepartment to bolivia to help curb hyperinflation and stabilize the economy. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1997/05.08/HarvardHelpsCel.html

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104. Republic Of Bolivia The Bolivian government has tried to have cocoa replaced by other crops but thishas given rise to a number of problems and the cocoa leaf remains to be one http://www.ciesin.org/decentralization/English/CaseStudies/Bolivia.html

Site Index Main Page CaseStudies Contributor: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Contact: Jean Bonnal Republic of Bolivia The terms and data used in this publication are in no way an indication of the authors' position regarding the legal status of the countries, territories, cities, or zones mentioned, or of their authorities or borders. A. General Country Data Surface Area 1,084,380 sq. km Population (millions) Population Growth Urban Population Density (1995) 7 inh/sq. km GDP (1994) Billions US $ 5.51 GDP per Capita US $ 706 Currency Boliviano National Budget 13% of GDP Human Development Indicator HDI Ranking (out of 174 countries) Borders, Topography and Climate Bolivia is bordered by Brazil on the north and west, Peru and Chile on the west, and Argentina and Paraguay on the south.Two chains of mountains, the Eastern Cordillera and the Western Cordillera, stretch across Bolivia. The country is divided into three distinct regions : the Altiplano, or region of high plateaus; the Yungas, deep, wooded and well irrigated valleys; and the Llanos, or Eastern Plains. The Altiplano has an average height of 3,800 m. Most of the population and industry are concentrated in the northern part .of the plateau. The southern part of the country is arid. The Yungas region starts from the foothills of the Eastern Cordillera, where many valleys begin. It is a fertile region whose activity is mainly agricultural. Most of this region becomes swampy during the humid season (December-February); however, the land remains above water and is good grazing ground. Finally, the Eastern Plains, with a tropical climate, cover more than half of the territory and the region is crossed by many tributaries of the Amazon.

105. 1993 Country Reports On Economic Practice And Trade Reports: BOLIVIA General Policy Framework In 1985, the government of bolivia initiated a Debt Management Policies The bolivian government owes over $3.7 billion to http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/economics/trade_reports/1993/Bolivia.html

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106. BOLIVIA Portal Del Gobierno Boliviano Translate this page Leyes y decretos, enlaces a sitios del estado, guia de tramites, historia y geografia. http://www.bolivia.gov.bo/

Presidencia Vicepresidencia Honorable Congreso Nacional ... Superintendencia de Empresas Usted es el visitante: Destacamos AVIONETA - EMERGENCIA AVIONETA QUE TRANSPORTABA A PERSONEROS DE COTAS DECLARADA EN EMERGENCIA Buscadores Noticias ABI La Agencia Boliviana de Noticias (ABI) lo informa desde el Gobierno Central. Elecciones 2005 Turismo Moneda Cambio de moneda, Operacionas de Mercado y otros indicadores. Prensa Boliviana LA RAZON (LP) EL DIARIO (LP) JORNADA (LP) EL DEBER (SCZ) EL MUNDO (SCZ) NUEVO DIA (SCZ) LOS TIEMPOS (Cbba) CORREO del SUR (Scr) ... TECNOLOGIA.BO Radioemisoras RADIO FIDES RADIO PANAMERICANA RADIO ESTRELLA ADSIB - 2005

107. War On Want : General Press Releases : Campaigners Slam Suez Threat To Sue Boliv water company Suez’s threats to sue the Bolivian government over the cancellationof water contracts in El Alto, one of Latin America’s poorest cities. http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=10107

108. Governments On The WWW: Bolivia Links to websites of governmental institutions and political parties in bolivia. http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/bo.html

Governments on the WWW: Bolivia Home Table of Contents List of Countries Signs and Symbols ... Feedback Bolivia [ Bolivia ] Official languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara National Institutions: Congreso Nacional [National Congress] [Vice Presidency of the Republic] [Ministry of Economic Development] [Vice Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons] Viceministerio de Industria y Comercio Interno [Vice Ministry of Industry and Internal Commerce] Servicio Nacional de Propiedad Intelectual (SENAPI) [National Service of Intellectual Property] [General Directorate of Civil Aviation] Superintendencia General [General Superintendence] Superintendencia de Electricidad [Superintendence of Electricity] Superintendencia de Hidrocarburos [Superintendence of Hydrocarbons] Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (SITTEL) [Superintendence of Telecommunications] Superintendencia de Transportes [Superintendence of Transport] Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto [Ministry of External Relations and Worship] [Ministry of External Trade and Investment] Ministerio de Hacienda [Ministry of Finance] Servicio Nacional de Impuestos Internos (SNII) [National Service of Internal Taxes] Superintendencia de Recursos Jerarquicos (SRJ) [Superintendence of Hierarchical Recourses] Superintendencia de Bancos y Entidades Financieras (SBEF) [Superintendence of Banks and Financial Entities] Superintendencia de Pensiones, Valores y Seguros (SPVS)

109. Clandestine Radio Watch #156, April 15, 2004 The Bolivian government Gives Into Demands of Both HighwayBlocking Coca Growersand the US Embassy By Alex Contreras Baspineiro http://www.clandestineradio.com/crw/news.php?id=214&stn=692&news=391

110. CorpWatch : Bolivian President Falls Over Gas Sale To California Under the terms of the agreement with the Bolivian government, To defendBechtel s contract the Bolivian government imposed a state of martial law and http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=8828

111. Global Exchange : Shultz.html By issuing that command to the Bolivian government, did you expect any result Bolivian governments and the private sector have studied alternatives to http://www.globalexchange.org/wbimf/Shultz.html

Introduction CAFTA FTAA WTO ... The Global Economy Water Privatization in Bolivia The World Bank, which was partly responsible for the uprising in Cochabamba, Bolivia, earlier this year over privatization of the water supply system, is now joining in the finger-pointing exercises of placing blame elsewhere. You can get the whole story at www.democracyctr.org/water.html Our Response to the World Bank June 6, 2000 Christopher Neal External Affairs Officer The World Bank (via e-mail) Dear Mr. Neal, This letter is in response to your May 10 e-mail to us regarding the recent civic uprisings over water prices and water privatization here in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Please forgive our delay in responding. We were both traveling outside the country when your message arrived. We appreciate you taking time to represent the World Bank's official view on the events that happened here. We assume that you are a person of goodwill whose concern for the poor is genuine. However, as residents of Cochabamba we must say that your representation of the World Bank's role in the tragedy that occurred here is seriously incomplete. As you well know, following the completion of water privatization here last January, the people of this valley saw their water bills climb by double and more. To seek recourse they were forced to shut down their city for a week, and to endure government tear gas, bullets, and repression which left a 17 year old boy dead and more than 100 others injured.

112. PeaceNews #2442: Article The Bolivian government has begun a public relations campaign to discredit thecoalition, but Olivera is confident it will fail because too many Bolivians http://www.peacenews.info/issues/2442/244218.html

more peacenews this issue: index current issue previous issues subscriptions how to subscribe subscription rates visit our webshop You are here: Frontpage Issues The declaration of martial law in Bolivia last year as a response to nonviolent protest against water privatisation exposes the relationship between the military and economic interests. Chris Ney talked with prominent Bolivian activist Oscar Oliveraabout the impact of World Bank privatisation programmes, the mass mobilisation of concerned citizens, and the response of the state. The fight for water in Bolivia: nor any drop to drink Chris Ney As thousands of protesters filled the streets of Washington in April 2000, closing the US capital to oppose the policies of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, their peers in Bolivia were demanding the right to drinking water. Following massive protests against the privatisation of the nations water supply, the Bolivian government had declared martial law. A leader of the Bolivian movement, Oscar Olivera, escaped the repression just in time to join the Washington protests, arriving to a heros welcome. As he applied for his US visa, he told the international press, I think that when the economy is globalised, it is important to globalise the fight for the people. The good news to emerge from this skirmish in South Americas poorest nation (and one of the worlds most poverty-stricken) is that the people of Bolivia, with leadership of the likes of Oscar Olivera, won their battle through the power of nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience.

113. Bechtel Perspective On The Aguas Del Tunari Water Concession In Cochabamba, Boli The Bolivian government turned to the private sector in the late 1990s In April, the Bolivian government rescinded its contract with Aguas del Tunari. http://www.bechtel.com/newsarticles/65.asp

SetPosition(156,37); News Releases Home News Releases Bechtel Perspective on the Aguas del Tunari Water Concession in Cochabamba, Bolivia Numerous news accounts and commentaries have mischaracterized the water concession in Cochabamba, Bolivia, held by Aguas del Tunari, 27.5 percent owned by Bechtel. * Below are some of the most commonly misrepresented and underreported aspects of the Cochabamba water concession, which was terminated in April 2000. For a more detailed account of the Bechtel perspective, please access the Fact Sheet Adobe Acrobat , PDF: 72 KB) The Bolivian government turned to the private sector in the late 1990s to operate the city's water and wastewater system because the local utility had rendered it a shambles. The utility's financial losses had led to mounting debts and declining service. Service was unavailable to 40 percent of the city's population. What water came out of the tap wasn't healthyand typically wasn’t available for much of the day. Most of those without connections resorted to buying unhealthful water from the operators of tanker-trucks at exorbitant ratesseveral times higher than what they'd pay if they could hook up to the system. Residents who had connections suffered an inequitable rate system. Low-volume, poorer users paid more per unit than high-volume, wealthier users. High-volume users had little incentive to conserve scarce water resources.

114. InterAction.org | Library In the early 1990s, the Bolivian government was required to privatize public Following the Bolivian government’s official objection to jurisdiction, http://www.interaction.org/library/detail.php?id=2199

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