On Tax Distribution
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On this nice graphic, created by La Razón, we can see the distribution of state funds, per department, per capita.
The graph lists the population per department and the ammount of funds it receives from the central government via the so called "co-participation", which is the term used in Bolivia to talk about the distribution of funds.
As the article from this graph highlights, it is interesting to observe the difference between the per capita intake of La Paz and Santa Cruz vs. the per capita intake of Pando. The department of Pando, the northernmost department and less populated, receives a per capita income of US$674, while La Paz and Santa Cruz, the most populated departments, receive a per capita income of US$75 and US$78 respectively.
If these calculations are right, the goal of redistributing income more equally in Bolivia and poverty aleviation is not being met.
El Alto has been the most outspoken city against this alleged injustice. This is the issue behind the fight about the redistribution of taxes on natural gas recently affecting the country. This fight seems to be resolved by now, but there are ongoing disagreements on how fair the distribution is, as we can clearly see above.
Aggregate Income per Prefectures (Departments)
This nice little table is production of El Diario and the source is the National General Budget (Tesoro General de la Nación, TGN). It shows how much each department has received in 2005 and how much is it projected to receive in 2006. This 28% boost to next year's inflow is in great part due to the newly designed Direct Taxes on Hydrocarbons (Impuesto Directo a los Hidrocarburos, IDH). The unit is in millions of Bolivianos.
The table and the graph above are not totally in accordance. There is a difference in totals. I am not sure what the difference is, but I would tend to trust the PGN's numbers and much less the La Razòn's numbers. But at the same time is good that some other people than the government are crunching their own numbers.
On this nice graphic, created by La Razón, we can see the distribution of state funds, per department, per capita.
The graph lists the population per department and the ammount of funds it receives from the central government via the so called "co-participation", which is the term used in Bolivia to talk about the distribution of funds.
As the article from this graph highlights, it is interesting to observe the difference between the per capita intake of La Paz and Santa Cruz vs. the per capita intake of Pando. The department of Pando, the northernmost department and less populated, receives a per capita income of US$674, while La Paz and Santa Cruz, the most populated departments, receive a per capita income of US$75 and US$78 respectively.
If these calculations are right, the goal of redistributing income more equally in Bolivia and poverty aleviation is not being met.
El Alto has been the most outspoken city against this alleged injustice. This is the issue behind the fight about the redistribution of taxes on natural gas recently affecting the country. This fight seems to be resolved by now, but there are ongoing disagreements on how fair the distribution is, as we can clearly see above.
Aggregate Income per Prefectures (Departments)
Departamento | Presupuesto 2006 | Presupuesto 2005 |
Tarija | 1.851.376.675 | 1.087.634.543 |
La Paz | 1.701.029.842 | 1.394.650.967 |
Santa Cruz | 1.452.530.419 | 1.150.888.909 |
Cochabamba | 1.285.263.444 | 1.013.479.076 |
Potosí | 742.913.041 | 587.498.464 |
Chuquisaca | 636.970.165 | 539.515.068 |
Beni | 581.852.247 | 313.479.955 |
Oruro | 512.952.941 | 311.114.160 |
Pando | 267.301.830 | 107.000.056 |
Total | 9.032.190.604 | 6.505.261.198 |
Fuente: PGN 2006 (Presupuesto agregado). | ||
This nice little table is production of El Diario and the source is the National General Budget (Tesoro General de la Nación, TGN). It shows how much each department has received in 2005 and how much is it projected to receive in 2006. This 28% boost to next year's inflow is in great part due to the newly designed Direct Taxes on Hydrocarbons (Impuesto Directo a los Hidrocarburos, IDH). The unit is in millions of Bolivianos.
The table and the graph above are not totally in accordance. There is a difference in totals. I am not sure what the difference is, but I would tend to trust the PGN's numbers and much less the La Razòn's numbers. But at the same time is good that some other people than the government are crunching their own numbers.
