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Article

7 Sep 2004

Author:
Jane Monahan, BBC

Firms urged to help as Bolivia fights poverty

[Bolivia]: Increasingly, the government, the ever more important opposition party Movement for Socialism (MAS) and the national chamber of commerce are all urging firms to become "socially responsible". They want the country's oil, gas and mineral exports to benefit low-income Bolivians through increased investments in social services, in job creation and in basic infrastructure such as heating and lighting. [refers to Coeur d'Alene, Sasol Synfuels]