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From Post-Washington Consensus to Indigenous Worldview: Policy and Ideology in Contemporary Bolivia

By Ranta-Owusu Eija

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OVERVIEW

Latin American countries introduced neoliberal policies in country-specific ways. The implementation process had severe impacts on a wide array of issues ranging from policy-making to national ideology and social movements. In her article, Eija Ranta-Owusu investigates the case of Post-Washington Consensus Bolivia in these respects. She argues that the establishment of Post-Washington Consensus development policies went in parallel with the rise of social movements in Bolivia. By studying the Post-Washington Consensus case, Ranta-Owusu demonstrates how despite occasional provocative rhetoric, pace of the reforms in Bolivia has been quite moderate. The article describes how contemporary indigenous alternatives are challenging the neoliberal Bolivian Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers.