Bolivian blues / TVE International ; BBC Worldwide ; produced and directed by Rosalind Bain.

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]

1 streaming video file (24 min.) : digital, sound, color.

Access is available to the Yale community.

Access restricted by licensing agreement.

With per capita income of just $1,000 and social indicators on a par with countries in sub-Saharan Africa rather than its more successful neighbors Argentina, Chile or Venezuela, Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America. 10% of children are undernourished. Average school attendance is less than seven years. Entrenched vested interests hamper foreign investment in the economy, while the landlocked geography of the country itself limits access to export markets. But there are signs of change. Annual inflation fell from a peak of 23,500% in 1985 to less than 4.5% by the close of 1998, thanks to a program coordinated by the International Development Association and the International Monetary Fund. And Bolivia's huge external debt burden has been substantially eased under new debt redemption programs.

Docuseek2.

Images / Online / Video & Film

English; Spanish

October 30, 2018

Editor, Janet Spiller ; executive producer, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; series editor, Robert Lamb.

Commentary: Jorge Quiroga, Isabel Guerrero, John Newman, Amalia Anaya, Franklin Arnez, Oscar Olivera.

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

7 and up.

bf-lsbb Docuseek2