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 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/poldev/1779 |
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