Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Christian Velasquez Donaldson Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 88 ISBN: 9783847373223
Описание
This report analyzes the hydrocarbon sector in Bolivia, which represents a vital component of its economy. In 2006, Bolivia nationalized the hydrocarbon sector due to unfavorable contracts for the government since the privatization of the sector 10 years prior. Without a coherent allocation system of the important hydrocarbon revenues, significant per capita disequilibrium will remain in which regions with a high population get considerably fewer resources than less populated regions. The current distribution system is discriminatory in the allocation of resources without taking into account poverty criteria in such a poor country like Bolivia. It also exacerbates the regional dependency on central transfers that depend on exhaustible and unstable hydrocarbon production. Presented here are the results of a hypothetical calculation of an alternative distribution system of the hydrocarbon revenues, introducing poverty criteria into the equation. However, the results of the hypothetical...
