Weekly Report - 02 August 2018 (WR-18-30)

BOLIVIA | GDP up in first quarter, but drought causes concern. Economic growth in the first quarter of the year reached 4.44% year-on-year, Bolivia’s economy minister, Mario Guillén, revealed. This compares to 3.3% growth in the same period in 2017. The first quarter growth was driven by increases in activity in the four main sectors of the economy: agriculture (up 6.6%); financial services (6.4%); petrol, crude & natural gas (6%); and construction (5.7%).