Several reports point out that in recent years the social indexes of Bolivia have improved significantly. According to the local Stats office in 2009, 26.1% of Bolivians lived in extreme poverty ...

T he cholita indigenous women from Bolivia’s countryside, are an indomitable symbol of resilience. In a country ravaged by ...

The country is also among the world’s poorest. Nearly 40% of Bolivia's people live in poverty – and that rate increases dramatically in vulnerable communities. Hunger, chronic malnutrition, natural ...

Bolivia's poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), known in Spanish as La Estrategia Boliviana de Reducci n de la Pobreza, was issued in March 2001. Building on an earlier national dialogue that began ...

According to a report released Sunday by Bolivia's National Statistics Institute (INE), the South American country's inflation last year stood at 9.97% amid poor weather, social conflicts ...

The problem is not unique to Bolivia, say experts, who blame poor urban planning and a lack of investment in resilience to natural disasters. "Latin America is highly vulnerable compared to other ...

Experts on Bolivia and Peru discussed the current political challenges threatening regional stability in Latin America at an ...

After the commodity boom ended in 2014, Bolivia resorted to high public spending and growing ... plunging the economy into a recession that led to a rebound in poverty.

Second, that by exploiting its lithium reserves, the government of Bolivia—where 40 percent of the people live in poverty—envisions a pathway out of its cul-de-sac of misfortune. And third ...

At least 19 people lost their lives and nine others were injured early Sunday when a passenger bus overturned in southern Bolivia, according to local ...