Vol. 23 No. 44 (2025): Revista Latinoamericana de Desarrollo Económico No. 44

The Latin American Journal of Economic Development (LAJED), in its 22 years of uninterrupted biannual publications, has established itself as a benchmark for the dissemination of national and international research, achieving high standards of quality and academic relevance. This achievement is the result of the joint efforts 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 y la Academia Boliviana de Ciencias Económicas, institutions committed to promoting research and influencing public opinion. It is with great pleasure that we invite you to read issue 45 of the LAJED Journal. We are confident that its reading will offer valuable lessons for the development of Bolivia and the region.