ocr: Strengths Mineral riches: gold, silver, zinc and tin. Newly discovered oil and natural gas deposits. Wealaesses Bolivia's extreme poverty has createdpolitical instability. Although intlation has been reducedt to around 10% annually, a history of hyperintlation - as severe problem until the late 1980s - still deters uvestors. Profile Traditionally, the state has used earnings from the public-owned mining sector to control the economy. Since 1985,however, successive govemments have sold off state-owned companies and encouragedjoint ventures and private investment in an attempt not only to modern ...
