Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development in Bolivia (1985–2014): Protests, Hydrocarbons and a New State Project

Verónica Paz Arauco ()
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Chapter 9 in The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development, 2020, pp 269-303 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Paz Arauco examines the economic conditions and political processes underlying the mobilization of domestic resources for social development in Bolivia during a period marked by profound transformations in state-society relations. Protest movements and large-scale social mobilizations called for reclaiming state ownership of natural resources, indigenous and regional empowerment and an economic alternative to neoliberalism. On the fiscal side, nationalization of the hydrocarbon sector by the government of Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous president, generated positive economic and distributional outcomes. Bolivia’s dependence on foreign resources for funding its social contract ended, ushering in a period of sustained growth and lower rates of poverty and inequality. The author concludes by identifying future challenges.

Keywords: Domestic resource mobilization; Natural resources; Social movements; Social development; Conflicts; Donors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37595-9_9

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