Reforms and Counter-Reforms in Bolivia

Reforms

Extrapolating to our specialty, and having been examiner for both M.Ch and the DNB exit exams, at various places, I find that there is a huge difference in the standard and the conduct of these exams. I believe that the MCI is also trying to standardize exit exams, but we as a specialty and as the apex body of that specialty, should put together a standardized exit exam, to be passed by all can...

Agricultural Policy Reforms Reforms and Rural Development in Turkey

Placebo Reforms

Imagine that you have been appointed as the chief of police in a certain district. You want the public to remember you as someone who brought down crime levels. As you enter the role, you face a decision whether to implement a large-scale police reform. Although you believe that the reform will lower crime in the long run, you realize that due to short-run fluctuations, things might get worse b...

Legal reforms and development

This paper canvasses the theoretical and empirical literature concerning the role that legal institutions play in development. The Ž rst part outlines six in uential theoretical perspectives on development and their implications for the relationship between law and development. The second part surveys the relevant empirical literature . There is surprisingly little conclusive evidence that ref...

Pro-poor Growth in Bolivia: Accounting for External Shocks and Policy Reforms

This paper analyzes how major external shocks and policy reforms affect Bolivia’s ability to achieve pro-poor growth. Employing a recursive-dynamic CGE model, it considers three different scenarios: an optimistic baseline scenario that roughly extrapolates the situation prevailing before the onset of the recent economic crisis; a more realistic scenario that accounts for two important negative ...