The "La Nina" climate phenomenon has caused losses of 517.21 million U.S. dollars in Bolivia since December, the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLA) said Monday.
A total of 341.28 million dollars in losses were caused by damage to crops and industry operations, said ECLA disaster evaluation director Ricardo Zapata at a meeting between the Bolivian government and ECLA representatives.
Damage to roads was responsible for the remaining 175.94 million dollars, according to news reaching here from La Paz, Bolivia's administrative capital.
The losses represented 3.4 percent of Bolivia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), said Bolivia's Development Planning Minister Graciela Toro.
Toro said there was no big difference between the Bolivian government's and the ECLA's estimates on the losses and a reconstruction plan will be ready in 15 days as previously announced.
"La Nina," which began to affect Bolivia in December, lasted until early March, killing over 60 people across the country.
Source:Xinhua
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