Bolivia Flashcards
What is the main question here?
Private or public water
What are the cases for public water access?
Water is vital to human health
FAO/Oxfam nationally managed
Poorer not bypassed
Avoids inequality gap
What are the cases against public water access?
Need democracy attitude
Knowledge & education to locals
Gov. need to franchise services out
What are the cases for privatisation?
Poor gov. too corrupt so cannot rely on them
What are the cases against privatisation?
Unaffordable prices
Need regulation
need competition from lots of companies
Need international investment to kick start or gov. investment to create public-private partnerships
Media to expose corruption and poor standards
Need global regulation stopping foreign countries taking over
How much of the world is expected to go private by 2015?
17%
Why do LEDCs often need privatisation?
Allows debt relief
What happened when Bolivia went private?
Cochamamba 1999 scheme World Bank gave no new loans until they were privatised Miscun Dam made 16% profit Agha del Tunari TNC Rising prices Poor had to pay 20% of their wages 4 day riot, 170 injuries, 1 death 2 hr supply per day, 3 days per week
Why did Bolivia go public?
Rising prices
Poor had to pay 20% of their wages
4 day riot, 170 injuries, 1 death
2 hr supply per day, 3 days per week
What happened when Bolivia turned public?
2000 gov. took over
Inefficient as 45% coverage and 16% increased demand
55% people dug own wells
Which areas are still private and what is happening there?
Le Paz and El Alto 100% coverage but only 20% can afford Costs $450 a month and their average wage is $17 a month 200,000 excluded since 2005 More careful water use Gov. cancelled contract in 2006
