Bolivia - Revision history

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	* [[Banking crisis]]: 1987-1988, 1994, 1999<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 352-353. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>		* [[Banking crisis]]: 1987-1988, 1994, 1999<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 352-353. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>
	* [[Public default]]: 1875-1879, 1931-1948, 1980-1984, 1986-1993, 1989-1997 (external), 1927, 1982-1985 (domestic)
	* [[Hyperinflation]]: 1984-1985		* [[Hyperinflation]]: 1984-1985
	* Years in [[inflation]]: 14.6% (share of years 1825-2009 with annual inflation above 20 per cent per annum)<ref name="Reinhart_histories">Carmen M. Reinhart. [http://www.princeton.edu/economics/seminar-schedule-by-prog/macro-s10/papers/Reinhardt-Chartbook.pdf "This Time is Different Chartbook: Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises"] (pdf), March 3, 2010, p. 24. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>		* Years in [[inflation]]: 14.6% (share of years 1825-2009 with annual inflation above 20 per cent per annum)
			* [[Public default]]: 1875-1879, 1931-1948, 1980-1984, 1986-1993, 1989-1997 (external), 1927, 1982-1985 (domestic)<ref name="Reinhart_histories">Carmen M. Reinhart. [http://www.princeton.edu/economics/seminar-schedule-by-prog/macro-s10/papers/Reinhardt-Chartbook.pdf "This Time is Different Chartbook: Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises"] (pdf), March 3, 2010, p. 24. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>

	===Statistics===		===Statistics===

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Economical characteristics: Crises added.

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	* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $6.339 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_BO" />		* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2\|M2]]): $6.339 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_BO" />

			===Notable events:===
			* [[Banking crisis]]: 1987-1988, 1994, 1999<ref name="Reinhart_crisis">Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth S. Rogoff. [http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8973.html "This Time is Different"], ''Princeton University Press'', ISBN 978-0-691-14216-6, p. 352-353. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>
			* [[Public default]]: 1875-1879, 1931-1948, 1980-1984, 1986-1993, 1989-1997 (external), 1927, 1982-1985 (domestic)
			* [[Hyperinflation]]: 1984-1985
			* Years in [[inflation]]: 14.6% (share of years 1825-2009 with annual inflation above 20 per cent per annum)<ref name="Reinhart_histories">Carmen M. Reinhart. [http://www.princeton.edu/economics/seminar-schedule-by-prog/macro-s10/papers/Reinhardt-Chartbook.pdf "This Time is Different Chartbook: Country Histories on Debt, Default, and Financial Crises"] (pdf), March 3, 2010, p. 24. (The list does not claim to be complete.) Referenced 2011-07-19.</ref>

	===Statistics===		===Statistics===

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	\|Row 1 title = Capital		\|Row 1 title = Capital

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	\|Row 3 info = republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State"		\|Row 3 info = republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State"
	\|Row 4 title = Population		\|Row 4 title = Population
	\|Row 4 info = 9,775,246 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO">CIA - The World ~~Facebook~~. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_bl.html "Bolivia"], from The World ~~Facebook~~. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>		\|Row 4 info = 9,775,246 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO">CIA - The World Factbook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_bl.html "Bolivia"], from The World Factbook. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
	\|Row 5 title = Population growth %		\|Row 5 title = Population growth %
	\|Row 5 info = 1.772 (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO" />		\|Row 5 info = 1.772 (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO" />
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	==~~External links~~==		==Links==
	* [[Wikipedia:Bolivia\|Bolivia]] on Wikipedia		* [[Wikipedia:Bolivia\|Bolivia]] on Wikipedia
	* [http://www.bcb.gov.bo Central bank] of Bolivia		* [http://www.bcb.gov.bo Central bank] of Bolivia

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	* [http://countrystudies.us/bolivia/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)		* [http://countrystudies.us/bolivia/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
	* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1210487.stm country profile]		* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1210487.stm country profile]
			* [http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/641 The impact of short-term interest rates on risk-taking: hard evidence] by Vasso P. Ioannidou, Steven Ongena and Jose Luis Peydro, October 2007

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{{Infobox
|Box title = Country summary
|Row 1 title = Capital
|Row 1 info = La Paz (administrative capital)
|Row 2 title = Borders
|Row 2 info = [[Argentina]] 832 km, [[Brazil]] 3,423 km, [[Chile]] 860 km, [[Paraguay]] 750 km, [[Peru]] 1,075 km
|Row 3 title = Government type
|Row 3 info = republic; note - the new constitution defines Bolivia as a "Social Unitarian State"
|Row 4 title = Population
|Row 4 info = 9,775,246 (July 2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO">CIA - The World Facebook. [https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/countrytemplate_bl.html "Bolivia"], from The World Facebook. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|Row 5 title = Population growth %
|Row 5 info = 1.772 (2010 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO" />
|Row 6 title = Life expectancy
|Row 6 info = 66.89 years<ref name="CIA_BO" />
|Row 7 title = Unemployment
|Row 7 info = 8.5% (2009 est.)<ref name="CIA_BO" />
|Row 8 title = [[Wikipedia:Index of Economic Freedom|Index of Economic Freedom]]
|Row 8 info = 146<ref name="Heritage_BO">Heritage Foundation. [http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Bolivia "Bolivia"], Economic Freedom Score. A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|Row 9 title = [[Wikipedia:Corruption Perceptions Index|Corruption Perceptions Index]]
|Row 9 info = 120<ref name="Transparency_BO">Transparency International. [http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/cpi_2009_table "Bolivia"], Corruption Perceptions Index 2009. A lower ranking is better; but please note that the numbers cannot be compared between countries or years due to different methodology. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
|Row 10 title = [[Wikipedia:Doing Business Report|Doing Business ranking]]
|Row 10 info = 161<ref name="Business_BO">Doing Business. [http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/ "Bolivia"], Doing Business 2010 (part of The World Bank Group). A lower ranking is better; but please be careful when comparing between different countries or years. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
}}

'''Bolivia''', named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and countercoups. Democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep-seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production. In December 2005, Bolivians elected Movement Toward Socialism leader Evo MORALES president - by the widest margin of any leader since the restoration of civilian rule in 1982 - after he ran on a promise to change the country's traditional political class and empower the nation's poor, indigenous majority. However, since taking office, his controversial strategies have exacerbated racial and economic tensions between the Amerindian populations of the Andean west and the non-indigenous communities of the eastern lowlands. In December 2009, President MORALES easily won reelection, and his party took control of the legislative branch of the government, which will allow him to continue his process of change.<ref name="CIA_BO" />

==Economical characteristics==
* '''Currency''': Boliviano (ISO code: BOB)
* Central bank '''[[Wikipedia:Discount rate|discount rate]]''': 13% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_BO" />
* Commercial banks '''lending rate''': 13.87% (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_BO" />
* '''Stock of money''' ([[Money supply#M1|M1]]): $3.998 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_BO" />
* '''Quasi money''' (with M1 makes [[Money supply#M2|M2]]): $6.339 billion (31 December 2008)<ref name="CIA_BO" />

===Statistics===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="text-align:center"
| Statistic / Year
! 1999
! 2000
! 2001
! 2002
! 2003
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
! 2008
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! [[GDP]] (million USD)<ref name="WorldBank_GDP_BO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/bo/indicators%5BNY.GDP.MKTP.CD%5D?date=1999:2009 "Bolivia: GDP"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
| 8 285
| 8 398
| 8 142
| 7 905
| 8 082
| 8 773
| 9 549
| 11 452
| 13 120
| 16 674
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! Govt. debt (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Debt_BO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/bo/indicators%5BGC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Bolivia: government debt"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
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! Govt. revenue (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Revenue_BO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/bo/indicators%5BGC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Bolivia: government revenue"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
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| 18.377
| 18.796
| 20.242
| 22.972
| 23.204
| 23.266
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! Govt. expenses (% of GDP)<ref name="WorldBank_Expenses_BO">World Bank. [http://open.worldbank.org/countries/bo/indicators%5BGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS%5D?date=1999:2009 "Bolivia: government expenses"], from World Bank [http://data.worldbank.org/ Data]. Referenced 2010-09-28.</ref>
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| 28.784
| 28.208
| 27.211
| 25.983
| 23.938
| 21.811
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! Debt to revenue (years)
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==References==
<small>Note: statistical data was rounded. Different sources may use different methodologies for their estimates. Debt to revenue is calculated by dividing the two variables from their original ('unrounded') values. It represents how long it would a government take to repay its entire debt if it used its whole revenue for this purpose.</small>
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==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Bolivia|Bolivia]] on Wikipedia
* [http://www.bcb.gov.bo Central bank] of Bolivia
* [http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/documents/EnterpriseSurveys/Reports/BOLIVIA.pdf Country profile] (pdf) from the Enterprise Studies page (part of the The World Bank Group)
* [http://countrystudies.us/bolivia/ Studies] from the Library of Congress (1986-1998)
* BBC [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1210487.stm country profile]
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