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Bolivia
Report submitted by Bolivia to the Fourth International
Workshop
on the CSD Indicators of Sustainable Development
hosted by the Government of the Czech Republic
in Prague from 19-21 January 1998
PROGRESS REPORT ON BOLIVIA
APPLICATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT INDEXES
The Bolivian test of sustainable development indexes
had not finished the preparatory phase. Problems of data availability did
not allow for a comprehensive discussion of the significant variables to
be considered, and forced a broader approach to start a project for
creating a National System of Information for Development (SNID),
described later in this report.
The new administration installed last August is
preparing a National Plan of Social and Economical Development, according
to constitutional mandate, whose Strategic Lines had already been approved
by the President. These lines have as fundamental paradigm Integral
Sustainable Development, and Poverty Alleviation as the main objective.
Therefore, have adequate measurement instruments as to monitor the
application of this Plan have fundamental importance.
The main actions to be reported are:
- A conceptual framework was prepared as a basis to discussion and
acceptance of a common view of the possible indexes to be developed
and applied. This document was circulated among a few key persons as
to improve it to serve as one of the documents to be used in a working
seminar to be held in March this year.
- A description was prepared of the Position-State-Response
methodology and a complete set of indicators was prepared according to
12 variables (economical, demographic, social, environmental and
institutional).
- A pilot construction of indexes was made as to test available
information and its reliability. This report will be submitted to the
mentioned workshop.
- As a response to information needs to monitor poverty alleviation
programs and facilitate information interchange among public and
private development institutions in the country, an important project
profile was prepared and included in the working plan of the Ministry
of Sustainable Development and Planning. This project: National System
of Information for Development (SNID, after their Spanish acronym), is
under preparation. Their concept is to have a focal centre to register
all information sources as to facilitate access to information
produced in the country, which at present is not recorded, principally
those resulting of research made by NGOs and universities, as well as
development projects which produce information to monitor and evaluate
their results.
- A chapter of this project is the development of a set of indexes to
monitor the application of the National Plan. This pilot indexes will
allow to test them, and promote the discussion of their usefulness and
reliability.
Follow-up reports will be prepared every semester of development and
application of both the SNID and the indexes.
For further information, please contact:
Mr. Jorge Gonzalez Roda
Director and Coordinator, Capacity 21 Project
Ministry of Sustainable Development and Planning
Av. Arce No. 2147
La Paz, Bolivia
Tel. no.: (591-2) 372-063/372-378
Fax no.: (591-2) 361-855
E-mail: CAP21@cap21.rds.org.bo
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