Roberto Laserna (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roberto Laserna (born 1953) is a Bolivian and Spanish writer and economist who earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in regional planning. He won the Literary National Prize Franza Tamayo in 1976 before becoming a scientist. His book 20 (mis)conceptions on coca and cocaine addresses drug policy and development problems, and La democracia en el ch'enko explains one of the most neglected causes of economic stagnation: economic heterogeneity. In a later book "La Trampa del Rentismo" Laserna explores the influence of the abundance of natural resources in shaping the political institutions and economic culture that drives underdevelopment in Bolivia. He has also research on social conflicts, drug trafficking, decentralization and urbanization.