Bolivia Country Profile
Country Profile Sources
General Information Sources
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2010.
- Bloomberg Businessweek: 'Bolivia's Morales Signs Law That May Oust Elected Opponents', 25 May 2010.
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2010.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bolivia 2009.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
- Latin Business Chronicle: Bolivia Country Brief 2009.
- NotiSur: South American Political and Economic Affairs: 'President Evo Morales wins resounding re-election bid', 18 December 2009.
- The Guardian: 'Evo Morales wins landslide victory in Bolivian presidential elections', 7 December 2009.
- BBC News: 'Bolivia faces long reform struggle', 26 January 2009.
- Latin Reporters: 'Bolivie: l'essentiel de la Constitution 'plurinationale' d'Evo Morales', 26 January 2009.
- The Guardian: 'Bolivia set to adopt new constitution empowering indigenous majority', 23 January 2009.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bolivia 2008.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2008.
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2008.
- The World Bank: Bolivia Country Brief 2008.
- Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Bolivia 2008.
- The Democracy Center: Interpreting Bolivia's Political Transformation 2007.
- Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Bolivia 2007.
- CNN News: 'Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy from government', 15 December 2007.
- BBC News: 'Will Bolivia's Splits widen in 2007?', 12 December 2007.
- The Daily Journal: 'Morales: Nationalization or death', 4 July 2007.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
- MercoPress: 'Zero corruption, zero bureaucracy Pte. Morales said to his new Cabinet', 24 January 2006.
- Reuters: 'Bolivia's Morales' makes anti-corruption purge', 21 February 2006.
- Associated Press: 'Evo Morales enfrenta las primeras protestas', 16 February 2006.
- Associated Press: 'Se pone caliente la Semana Santa en el sur boliviano', 11 April 2006.
Corruption Levels Sources
Judicial System
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2010.
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2010.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bolivia 2009.
- BBC News: 'Bolivia faces long reform struggle', 26 January 2009.
- The Economist: 'A passport to Utopia', 22 January 2009.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2008 (see English version).
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2008.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2008.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2007 (see English version).
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
- Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Bolivia 2007.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2007.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
Police
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2010.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bolivia 2009.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2008 (see English version).
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2007.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
- Seligson, Mitchell A., World Development: The Measurement and Impact of Corruption Victimization: Survey Evidence from Latin America, Vol. 34, No. 2, 2006.
Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2010.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2007.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- Gaceta Médica: 'La Peligrosa Corrupción', 14 March 2006.
- Red Anticorrupción Bolivia: Encuesta Nacional de Costos de la Corrupción para los Hogares de Bolivia, 2005.
- Business News Americas: 'San Jose-Robore contract under investigation - Bolivia', 8 January 2003.
Land Administration
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2010.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bolivia 2009.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2009.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2009.
- Latin Reporters: 'Bolivie: l'essentiel de la Constitution 'plurinationale' d'Evo Morales', 26 January 2009.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2008.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2007.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
Tax Administration
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
- Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Bolivia 2007.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
Customs Administration
- The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2011.
- Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2010 (see English version).
- World Economic Forum: Global Enabling Trade Report 2010.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2010.
- La Razón: 'Suxo Identifica a una Mafia en la Aduana', 08 February 2010.
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2009.
- La Prensa: 'Aduana se incauta de 5 camiones de medicamentos falsificados', 17 December 2009.
- La Razón: 'Aduaneros deciden a quiénes y cómo atacarán por contrabando', 11 August 2008.
- Diario Hispano Boliviano: 'Corrupción en la Aduana', 14 March 2008.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2005.
Public Procurement and Contracting
- World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2010.
- The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- BBC News: 'Bolivia ex-leaders face charges', 20 March 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
- United Press International: 'Bolivia Convicts 15 on World Bank Fraud', 21 July 2004.
- CorpWatch: 'Enron's Pipe Scheme', 9 May 2002.
Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2010.
- US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Bolivia 2009.
- GÁLDU: 'Bolivia: Indigenous People Take First Steps Towards Self-Government', 23 December 2009.
- The Washington Post: 'From Win at Polls, Bolivia's Morales Segues to Scandal', 1 march 2009.
- Le Monde: 'Evo Morales est confronté à la corruption au sommet de l'Etat bolivien', 10 February 2009.
- Latin Reporters: 'Bolivie: l'essentiel de la Constitution 'plurinationale' d'Evo Morales', 26 January 2009.
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2008.
- Atlas: Update on Bolivia from CIVITAS, 12 June 2007.
- Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Bolivia 2007.
- Transparency International: Corruption & the Environment 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
- Reuters: 'Top official at Bolivian energy giant Repsol resigns in smuggling case', 22 March 2006.
- The Democracy Center On-Line: 'Bolivia in Crisis Over Gas Sale to California', Vol.50, 13 October 2003.
- Business News Americas: 'Repsol-YPF sacks 16 employees after audit in Bolivia', 28 November 2002.
- CorpWatch: 'Enron's Pipe Scheme', 9 May 2002.
Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources
- Bloomberg Businessweek: 'Bolivia's Morales Signs Law That May Oust Elected Opponents', 25 May 2010.
- The Americas Post: 'Bolivian President Evo Morales signed Anti-Corruption Law', 1 April 2010.
- Americas Quarterly: 'Bolivia Approves Anti-Corruption Law', 31 March 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2010.
- UNODC: Bolivia UNCAC Pilot Review Programme Implementation Report 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2009.
- U4 Brief: Combating Corruption in the Revenue Service: the Case of VAT Refunds in Bolivia, May 2008.
- Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Bolivia 2008.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark: Korruptionsbekæmpelse, 9 July 2008.
- Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Bolivia 2007.
- US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Bolivia 2007.
- U4 Anti-Corruption Project: Ombudsperson Bolivia, 8 November 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- USAID: Transparency and Accountability 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
- U4: Contribution to finance Bolivia's Integral Anti-corruption Programme 2005.
- The World Bank: Projects and Operations: Institutional Reform Project.
- International Journal of Government Auditing: Controller General's Office in Bolivia.
Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources
- The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Bolivia 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2010.
- Reporters Without Borders: Bolivia Country Report 2010.
- Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Bolivia 2009.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2009.
- Reporters Without Borders: World Press Freedom Index 2009.
- Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Bolivia 2008.
- Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Bolivia 2008.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
- Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2005.
- USAID: Anti-Corruption and Transparency Coalitions: Lessons from Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador and Bolivia, 2005.





