Several reports point out that in recent years the social indexes of Bolivia have improved significantly. According to the local Stats office in 2009, 26.1% of Bolivians lived in extreme poverty ...

Bolivia's poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP), known in Spanish as La Estrategia Boliviana de Reducci n de la Pobreza, was issued in March 2001. Building on an earlier national dialogue that began ...

The country is also among the world’s poorest. Nearly 40% of Bolivia's people live in poverty – and that rate increases dramatically in vulnerable communities. Hunger, chronic malnutrition, natural ...

According to a report released Sunday by Bolivia's National Statistics Institute (INE), the South American country's inflation last year stood at 9.97% amid poor weather, social conflicts ...

Bolivia's push to become a major lithium producer through deals with China and Russia faces challenges including low lithium ...

The increasing cost of the basic food basket is causing significant discontent among Bolivia’s workers and poor. Hoping to avert a massive uprising, President Luis Arce has implemented economic ...

T he cholita indigenous women from Bolivia’s countryside, are an indomitable symbol of resilience. In a country ravaged by ...

The problem is not unique to Bolivia, say experts, who blame poor urban planning and a lack of investment in resilience to natural disasters. "Latin America is highly vulnerable compared to other ...

At least 19 people lost their lives and nine others were injured early Sunday when a passenger bus overturned in southern Bolivia, according to local ...