Regional development, income distribution and gender in Bolivia: Insights from a 2012 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) and multiple analysis

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This paper describes the construction of the most detailed, openly accessible Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Bolivia to date. In addition to allowing for 'standard' socio-economic analysis common for SAMs - like assessing the linkages between production, factor income distribution and households' incomes and expenditures - the SAM presented in this paper makes detailed economic assessments at the subnational level, by gender and at detailed agricultural subsector levels, possible. Sections 1-4 present the methodology and data sources used, explain assumptions and criteria adopted for SAM disaggregation, and discuss key findings with a focus on distributional features. Section 5 presents results from a simple SAM multiplier model and section 6 concludes. It is the authors' hope that this SAM database can make a contribution to evidence-based policy making that helps to further reduce poverty and food insecurity in Bolivia.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Development Research Working Paper Series ; No. 01/2015

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Aggregative Models: Social Accounting Matrix
• Subject: Social Accounting Matrix ; Bolivia

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Jemio, Luis Carlos ; Andersen, Lykke Eg ; Breisinger, Clemens ; Wiebelt, Manfred
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for Advanced Development Studies (INESAD)
• (where): La Paz
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/129297