In a new report, “The Lithium Triangle: To Be or Not to Be Successful,” the Wilson Center’s Latin America Program examines the region’s lithium industry, its role in regional economic development, and its importance to the global energy transition.
In this chapter, “Miracle or Mirage? Lithium Governance and Prospects in Bolivia,” Diego Von Vacano, a Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University, examines the sociopolitical factors that have prevented Bolivia from developing its vast lithium resources.
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Diego von Vacano
Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
