The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ by party - PODEMOS 13, MAS 12, UN 1, MNR 1; Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - MAS 73, PODEMOS 43, UN 8, MNR 6

      Judicial branch:

      Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges appointed for 10-year terms by National Congress); District Courts (one in each department); provincial and local courts (to try minor cases); Constitutional Tribunal (five primary or titulares and five alternate or suplente magistrates appointed by Congress; to rule on constitutional issues); National Electoral Court (six members elected by Congress, Supreme Court, the President, and the political party with the highest vote in the last election for 4-year terms)

      Political parties and leaders:

      Free Bolivia Movement or MBL [Franz BARRIOS]; Movement Toward

       Socialism or MAS [Juan Evo MORALES Ayma]; Movement Without Fear or

       MSM [Juan DEL GRANADO]; National Revolutionary Movement or MNR

       [Mirta QUEVEDO]; National Unity [Samuel DORIA MEDINA Arana]; Poder

       Democratico Nacional or PODEMOS [Jorge Fernando QUIROGA Ramirez];

       Social Alliance [Rene JOAQUINO]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

      Sole Confederation of Campesino Workers of Bolivia or CSUTCB other: Cocalero groups; indigenous organizations; labor unions

      International organization participation:

      CAN, FAO, G-77, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC,

       IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent),

       ITSO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, Mercosur (associate), MIGA, MINURCAT,

       MINUSTAH, MONUC, NAM, OAS, OPANAL, OPCW, PCA, RG, UN, UNASUR,

       UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNIDO, Union Latina, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI,

       UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Erika DUENAS chancery: 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 483–4410 FAX: [1] (202) 328–3712 consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC

      Diplomatic representation from the US:

      chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Krishna URS embassy: Avenida Arce 2780, Casilla 425, La Paz mailing address: P. O. Box 425, La Paz; APO AA 34032 telephone: [591] (2) 216–8000 FAX: [591] (2) 216–8111

      Flag description:

      three equal horizontal bands of red (top), yellow, and green with the coat of arms centered on the yellow band note: similar to the flag of Ghana, which has a large black five-pointed star centered in the yellow band

      Economy

       Bolivia

      Economy - overview:

      Bolivia is one of the poorest and least developed countries in Latin America. Following a disastrous economic crisis during the early 1980s, reforms spurred private investment, stimulated economic growth, and cut poverty rates in the 1990s. The period 2003–05 was characterized by political instability, racial tensions, and violent protests against plans - subsequently abandoned - to export Bolivia's newly discovered natural gas reserves to large northern hemisphere markets. In 2005, the government passed a controversial hydrocarbons law that imposed significantly higher royalties and required foreign firms then operating under risk-sharing contracts to surrender all production to the state energy company, which was made the sole exporter of natural gas. The law also required that the state energy company regain control over the five companies that were privatized during the 1990s - a process that is still underway. In 2006, higher earnings for mining and hydrocarbons exports pushed the current account surplus to about 12% of GDP and the government's higher tax take produced a fiscal surplus after years of large deficits. Debt relief from the G8 - announced in 2005 - also has significantly reduced Bolivia's public sector debt burden. Private investment as a share of GDP, however, remains among the lowest in Latin America, and inflation reached double-digit levels in 2007.

      GDP (purchasing power parity):

      $39.75 billion (2007 est.)

      GDP (official exchange rate):

      $13.19 billion (2007 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

      4.6% (2007 est.)

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $4,400 (2007 est.)

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 14.5% industry: 30.5% services: 55% (2006 est.)

      Labor force:

      4.377 million (2007 est.)

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 40% industry: 17% services: 43% (2006 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

      7.5% in urban areas; widespread underemployment (2007 est.)

      Population below poverty line:

      60% (2006 est.)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 0.3% highest 10%: 47.2% (2002)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      59.2 (2006)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      16.1% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Budget:

      revenues: $5.723 billion expenditures: $5.495 billion (2007 est.)

      Fiscal year:

      calendar year

      Public debt:

      46.3% of GDP (2007 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      8.7% (2007 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      6.5% (31 December 2007)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      12.86% (31 December 2007)

      Stock of money:

      $3.032 billion (31 December 2007)

      Stock of quasi money:

      $4.729 billion (31 December 2007)

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