Regional development, income distribution and gender in Bolivia: Insights from a 2012 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and Multiplier Analysis

Luis Carlos Jemio (lcjemio@inesad.edu.bo), Lykke Andersen, Clemens Breisinger (c.breisinger@cgiar.org) and Manfred Wiebelt (manfred.wiebelt@ifw-kiel.de)

No 01/2015, Development Research Working Paper Series from Institute for Advanced Development Studies

Abstract: This paper describes the construction of the most detailed, openly accessible Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Bolivia to date. In addition to allowing for “standard” socio-economic analysis common for SAMs - like assessing the linkages between production, factor income distribution and households’ incomes and expenditures – the SAM presented in this paper makes detailed economic assessments at the subnational level, by gender and at detailed agricultural subsector levels, possible. Sections 1-4 present the methodology and data sources used, explain assumptions and criteria adopted for SAM disaggregation, and discuss key findings with a focus on distributional features. Section 5 presents results from a simple SAM multiplier model and section 6 concludes. It is the authors’ hope that this SAM database can make a contribution to evidence-based policy making that helps to further reduce poverty and food insecurity in Bolivia.

Keywords: Social Accounting Matrix; Bolivia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2015-01
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