Web Resources

http://www.stkate.edu/library/carmenpampa
The College of St. Catherine, Minnesota, provides information on its partnership with Unidad Academica Campesina (UAC) of Carmen Pampa, Bolivia. The site includes an overview of the initiative, information on needed donations and supplies, a map of Bolivia and contact information.

http://carmenpampafund.org
The Carmen Pampa Fund is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization incorporated in the state of Minnesota on Aug. 26, 1999, to generate support for the Unidad Academica Campesina de Carmen Pampa (UAC-CP). The Fund exists solely to solicit grants and donations to make up the difference between tuition income and actual expenses of the UAC-CP. This website provides information on donations, as well as the students of UAC-CP and the educational process, and the economy of Bolivia.

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bl.html
The CIA World Factbook on Bolivia contains a general introduction to the country of Bolivia, and detailed information on its geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. Reference maps are also included.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/botoc.html
Bolivia, A Country Study, is published by the Library of Congress Federal Research Division. While this source contains much of the information also found in the CIA World Factbook, there are also very detailed sections on subjects such as religion, education, labor, agriculture, energy, political dynamics, crime and other important concerns.

http://www.ine.gov.bo
This site provides current statistics on the country of Bolivia, compiled by the National Institute of Statistics, Bolivia (Instituto Nacional de Estadística – Bolivia). This website is available only in Spanish.

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/bolivia.html
The United Nations Children's Fund site provides information and statistics on Bolivia. Maps are included, along with information on education, health, HIV/AIDS, economics and statistics concerning women and children.

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/bo.htm
World Atlas provides detailed maps, facts and figures and some recommended web links for finding further information about Bolivia.

http://www.bolivia-usa.org
This is the official site of the Ambassador from Bolivia to the United States. The site is primarily in Spanish but some English language information is also included.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2000/wp0042.pdf
This is a working paper entitled "Educational Choices and Educational Constraints: Evidence from Bolivia," written by Gabriela Inchauste and published by the International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Affairs Department. The author examines recent efforts to alleviate poverty increased government spending on education, and questions whether this approach is enough to meet Bolivia's challenges.

Print Resources

Healy, Kevin. 2001. Llamas, Weavings, and Organic Chocolate: Multicultural Grassroots Development in the Andes and Amazon of Bolivia. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

Healy, Bolivian project officer for the InterAmerican Foundation for over 20 years, brings the reader a very personal and intimate account of the social, economic and political realities faced by the poor in Bolivia. Through a variety of in-depth case studies, he makes the case that discrimination remains the largest institutional and social obstacle to improving the lives of Bolivia's indigenous peoples.

López Levy, Marcela. 2001. Bolivia. Oxford, UK: Oxfam.

López Levy visited Bolivia to explore the effects of economic reforms on the country's poorest citizens: miners, peasant farmers, market stallholders, students and community leaders. She describes in vivid prose and specially commissioned photographs a nation striving for socioeconomic justice and equality for all citizens, particularly those indigenous peoples who have been marginalized throughout the centuries.

Luykx, Aurolyn. 1999. The Citizen Factory: Schooling and Cultural Production in Bolivia. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press.

Luykx examines the state-run education system of Bolivia, designed to create model Bolivian citizens, in the context of the lives of Aymara Indian students, who struggle to maintain their unique ethnic identity while being confronted with information and images meant to reduce that identity. Students mobilize their own cultural resources to challenge the educational process, hoping to eventually transform the state-run system into one that embraces cultural diversity.

Morales, Waltraud Q. 2004. A Brief History of Bolivia. New York: Facts On File.

This text, written for general audiences, offers a concise history of the peoples and cultures of Bolivia. The work covers the span of time from pre-colonial Bolivia through the 20th century, and addresses both positive reforms and continuing problems within the country.

Nystrom, Andrew Dean and Morgan Konn. 2004. Bolivia. Footscray, Vic.; Oakland, CA: Lonely Planet.

Part of the popular Lonely Planet series of travel publications, this recently updated fifth edition covers accommodations, dining, transport and touring options for the visitor to Bolivia. Just as interesting to the armchair traveler, the work also includes an expansive language guide, with phrases in Spanish, Quechua and Aymara, and 48 pages of detailed maps. Health and safety concerns while traveling in Bolivia are also addressed.