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Cainco puts 10 decisions on the table to tackle Bolivia’s economic crisis

From El Deber · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Bolivia’s Cainco Economic Forum is seeking 10 priority decisions to address shortages of dollars and fuel, inflation and difficulties producing and investing.
  • The forum brings together international economists, business leaders and government officials to adapt foreign policy and productivity experiences to Bolivia.
  • Cainco plans to compile the proposals, with responsible parties, deadlines and indicators, in a White Paper on Bolivia’s Economic Recovery.

Bolivia knows the problems weighing on its economy: a shortage of dollars, inflation, fuel scarcity and growing difficulty producing and investing. Cainco now says the country must stop repeating the diagnosis and start making decisions.

That is the purpose of the Cainco Economic Forum 2026, which opened Friday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra under the slogan “Rebuild without trial and error: Bolivia has no room to take chances.” The event brings together international experts, business leaders and government officials, with the goal of ending the day with 10 prioritized decisions for the next 24 months.

The forum’s format is designed to move beyond academic presentations. After each expert’s address, participants discuss how the experience could work in Bolivia, what measures could be applied, how quickly they could be implemented and how their results could be measured.

Rebuild without trial and error: Bolivia has no room to take chances.

· Cainco Economic Forum 2026The forum’s slogan frames its call for concrete decisions instead of further diagnosis.

Three international economists are taking part. Piero Ghezzi, Peru’s former production minister, is presenting the Executive Tables model, a public-private coordination mechanism used to identify and remove obstacles in productive sectors. Raphael Bergoeing, former president of Chile’s National Commission for Evaluation and Productivity, is speaking about productivity and reform priorities. Xavier Sala-i-Martin, a Columbia University professor specializing in economic growth, is addressing growth, competitiveness and innovation.

Cainco President Jean Pierre Antelo says Bolivia needs measures that can be implemented and evaluated, rather than temporary “patches.” The planned outcome is a White Paper on Bolivia’s Economic Recovery, containing 10 priority decisions, assigned responsibilities, deadlines and indicators. Economy Minister Christian Morales is taking part in an interview during the program, while President Rodrigo Paz is scheduled to close the forum.

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· Jean Pierre AnteloCainco’s president used the term to reject short-term measures as a response to the economic crisis.
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Originally published by El Deber in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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