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At five key moments, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund pressured weak administrations in Bolivia to adopt policies that had a negative impact on the country's political stability. The principle of "market democracy" had become so sacrosanct within the international financial institutions that they ignored the difficulties their policies created. Changes in policy since 2006, when Bolivia's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, came to power, reflect more of an accommodation in the face of a shifting context than any significant recognition of neoliberalism's limitations.

Neoliberal globalization : the challenge of maintaining hegemony -- From Francisco de Toledo to Jeffrey Sachs -- The neoliberal incursion : structural adjustment and the new economic policy -- Reinventing Bolivia : the Plan de Todos -- Privatization Bolivian-style -- Municipal reform, social movements and new electoral politics -- The neoliberal wars : water, taxes and gas -- Global trends and local responses : contesting neo-liberalism.