Vol. 23 No. 43 (2025): Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico No. 43

The Latin American Journal of Economic Development (LAJED), in its 21 years of uninterrupted biannual publications, has become an important space for the dissemination of national and international research, reaching high standards of quality and relevance, both for academics and for decision makers and leaders of civil society. This is the result of the joint effort of the Department of Economics and the Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas (IISEC) of the Universidad Católica Boliviana “San Pablo”, the Sociedad de Economistas de Bolivia and the Academia Boliviana de Ciencias Económicas, in their efforts to promote research and influence public opinion. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to read issue 43 of the LAJED Journal. We are confident that its reading will offer valuable lessons for the development of Bolivia and the region.