Water In Bolivia Case Study

Explore situations where water—and controlling rights of that water—has led to conflict, cooperation, and tension in the international system.

Water is an essential ingredient for the survival and water widely spreads all over the earth. Nevertheless, nowadays, many problems occur in many different countries. Moreover, water scarcity on the earth is getting higher and higher, all because of different affects. Globally, the international organizations and private organizations, these all are creating problems for the people. Because of these organizations, they take control the water and they limitedly distributed the water to the dwellers to the cities and the rural areas. While allocating the water to the people, they unequally shared with

This conflict mainly took place between the city dwellers and rural irrigation farmers, the substance of which being that increased consumption in the city was taking water away from the rural areas (Otto & Bohm, 2006, p. 14)

Because of this, it brought a huge complicated problem not only for the city dwellers but also for the farmers in the Bolivia to deal with it.

Secondly, the cooperation for the water in Bolivia became one of the most problematic reasons in many regions, especially inside Bolivia. There are many factors why water management has failed to reach to its goal. The reason was because of inadequate water institutions, inadequate administrative capacity, no transparency, it did not achieved (Annan, 2001, p. 2). Likewise, because of poor water cooperation, instead of producing water inadequacy it has led to the water inadequacy. Accordingly, the conflicts were rising among the residents and the cooperative groups in the country such as Cochabamba inside Bolivia. For instance; to evidence it the research indicated

For example, (Beckerman, 2013, p. 139) stated, "Private sector investment was perceived as a long-term solution to the chronic problem of water scarcity in Cochabamba, by radically improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of water services (p. 139)." In order to end unsuccessful water conflict, the cooperation and privatization should work together to make it profitable for the poor. For example, (Annan, 2001) stated, "If we work together, a secure and sustainable water future can be ours)." In Cochabamba inside Bolivia, the government knew that the people could not be back down; therefore, the poor water systems were removed and new water systems were installed (Shultz, 2003, p. 3). Eventually, Shultz, 2003) stated, " April 2000 protests against World Bank and IMF policies, including forced privatization like the one in Cochabamba. The Bolivia water revolt has become international symbol of popular water resistance to global economic rules imposed from above" (p.