Efectos en la economía boliviana de la pandemia del COVID-19
Abstract
La pandemia del COVID-19 fue el shock exógeno adverso más importante de la historia reciente boliviana. Sobrevino en el país, en un momento económico y político muy delicado, lo que tendría consecuencias para las respuestas de política que se le dieron. Se tuvo que resolver el difícil dilema entre priorizar la salud de la población o limitar los costos económicos. Junto con la aplicación, temprana y muy costosa, de la cuarentena se emplearon otras medidas no farmacéuticas (MNF) de contención. Las cuarentenas, se fueron aflojando progresivamente, pero las otras MNF permanecieron. Fue con la vacunación, a partir de febrero de 2021, que se efectuó con muchos tropiezos, que finalmente se contuvo significativamente la pandemia, aunque no totalmente. El esfuerzo nacional para hacer frente a la pandemia fue mayúsculo La situación económica mejoró notablemente el año 2021, tanto desde el punto de vista sanitario como desde el de la recuperación de la economía.
The pandemic of COVID-19 was the most important adverse exogenous shock in the recent history of Bolivia. It appeared when the country was already experiencing severe economic and political difficulties, bearing on the responses to the shock. The authorities faced the difficult trade-off between prioritizing the health of the population and extremely high economic costs of containing the propagation of the disease. The early and reaction to enact a strict lockdown, partially respected by the population. Overtime the lockdowns were relaxed. Together with the lockdown other non-pharmaceutical measures (NPM) were implemented. Vaccination started in February 2021. Notwithstanding the haphazard way in which it was done, a significant sanitary progress was achieved. The national effort to check the pandemic was huge. The situation improved substantially in 2021, from both a sanitary viewpoint as well as from an economic angle. Clasificación/Classification JEL: E20, E24, E26, I15, N26
The pandemic of COVID-19 was the most important adverse exogenous shock in the recent history of Bolivia. It appeared when the country was already experiencing severe economic and political difficulties, bearing on the responses to the shock. The authorities faced the difficult trade-off between prioritizing the health of the population and extremely high economic costs of containing the propagation of the disease. The early and reaction to enact a strict lockdown, partially respected by the population. Overtime the lockdowns were relaxed. Together with the lockdown other non-pharmaceutical measures (NPM) were implemented. Vaccination started in February 2021. Notwithstanding the haphazard way in which it was done, a significant sanitary progress was achieved. The national effort to check the pandemic was huge. The situation improved substantially in 2021, from both a sanitary viewpoint as well as from an economic angle. Clasificación/Classification JEL: E20, E24, E26, I15, N26
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