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Andean Group - May 2010 (ISSN 1741-4466)

BOLIVIA: Why Bolivia is a good credit risk

The acting president of the Banco Central de Bolivia, Gabriel Loza Tellerí­a, argued that there was no chance of Bolivia following Greece into major financial difficulties. He pointed out that Greece had a huge fiscal deficit (14% of GDP) and a high public sector debt (over 100% of GDP). Bolivia, by contrast, has foreign reserves (net of foreign debt) of US$8.4bn and if financial system assets are added to this, the reserve figure rises to US$9.9bn.

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