Experiences of Structural Change in the 21st Century: Bolivia's Experience (2006-2014)
Structural change, Development, Bolivia
Some South American countries have experienced an unprecedented economic situation at the beginning of the 21st century: economic growth, low inflation and income distribution. The result was the reduction of poverty at historically low levels. This research project will seek to contribute to the debate on this period through an analysis that can measure the degree of structural transformation that took place in these countries. The focus of the work will be the experience of Bolivia (2006-2014),
The aim is to assess whether the productive structure of these countries has undergone a process of diversification of the economic activities carried out in their countries and to what extent this has resulted in a sophistication of these activities at the technological level. Finally, the extent to which these two processes have contributed to improvements in employment conditions, wages and income will be assessed. This project will gather a large database on the productive structure of the countries, focusing on the manufacturing industry.