Development Strategy of the MAS in Bolivia: Characterization and an Early Assessment

  1. Molero Simarro, Ricardo
  2. José Paz Antolín, María
Revista:
Development and Change

ISSN: 0012-155X

Año de publicación: 2012

Volumen: 43

Número: 2

Páginas: 531-556

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-7660.2012.01766.X GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Development and Change

Resumen

The aim of this article is to describe and evaluate the development strategy launched by the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in Bolivia when it came to power in 2006. The origin of this strategy can be found in the desire to tackle the economic and political transformations caused by the structural adjustment programme launched in 1985. The main economic measures taken by MAS are analysed in the context of the new development plans implemented in Latin America. This allows us to focus on the results achieved in Bolivia in two areas of major importance in the MAS strategy: productive transformation and income distribution. It is argued that, despite the progress achieved, the government of Evo Morales has so far been unable to alter the primary export model and the associated distribution pattern that have characterized the Bolivian economy.

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