FILE PHOTO: Fruit vendors chat at a street market in La Paz, Bolivia October 8, 2020. REUTERS/David Mercado
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia is committed to protecting its subsidy-reliant, big-state economic model despite deficit risks and is planning an "aggressive" push into gas exploration, the economy minister told Reuters.
The landlocked nation is a key gas producer and subsidizes the sector to rein in fuel prices as well as the production of goods and services. This has helped drive inflation to 3% a year, one of the lowest rates in the world.
