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AmericasJanuary 2 2008

Bolivia’s private banks face a public challenge

Bolivia’s finance minister Luis Alberto Arce outlines a programme of state loans to small enterprises and attacks the country’s domestic banks for acting like a syndicate, stifling competition.
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