Fix vs. Float : Evaluating the Transition to a Sustainable Equilibrium in Bolivia /

Bolivia has achieved noteworthy success over the past 15 years in raising incomes, reducing poverty, and maintaining macroeconomic stability by deploying commodity revenues to finance transfers, public investment, and state-led development, using an exchange rate peg as a policy anchor. However, wit...

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Autore principale: Gonzalez, Andres
Altri autori: Jafarov, Etibar, Rodriguez Guzman, Diego, Walker, Chris
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/043
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