Bolivian Minister thanks and praises DPAD for its capacity building

Bolivian Minister thanks and praises DPAD for its capacity building

The Minister of Planning & Development (MPD) of Bolivia, Ms. Viviana Caro Hinojosa (pictured), has expressed her gratitude for DPAD’s capacity development activities as these are helping to “support the ministers in policy decision-making by measuring the economic and social impacts of external shocks and policies using the modelling tools developed by UN-DESA”.

Ms. Caro Hinojosa considers that “this work has also provided the first indications of the additional spending required to achieve the MDGs, the best source of financing to cope with this cost, and the specific policy priorities needed to implement this agenda and align it with the country's Agenda Patriótica 2025.”

The Minister has also expressed her satisfaction with the increased technical capacities of Bolivian technicians as a result of the most recent UN-DESA project, following two other similar projects, noting that this has benefitted national authorities by improving the quality of the advice they rely on for policy decisions.

• More information about the project “Strengthening Macroeconomic and Social Policy Coherence through Integrated Macro-Micro Modelling”. 
• More of DPAD’s activities in Bolivia
• About DPAD’s Capacity Development and Advisory Services