Why Commodity Booms Have Not (Yet?) Boosted Human Capital: Bolivia’s Struggle to Create a Skilled Workforce

Do windfalls from the extractive sector help developing countries invest in human capital? To date, empirical studies remain inconclusive. Using Bolivia as a case study, this chapter examines the specific political-economic dynamics that led the country to increase spending on education yet at the s...

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Main Authors: Fritz Brugger, Kathlen Lizárraga Zamora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement 2014-11-01
Series:Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/poldev/1779