Castañón Ballivián, Enrique;
(2010)
The Value of Water in Bolivia: An economic resource or a human right?
(Development Research Working Paper Series
03/2010).
Fundación INESAD (Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo) [Institute for Advanced Development Studies]: La Paz, Bolivia.
Preview |
Text
Castanon Ballivian_wp03_2010.pdf Download (140kB) | Preview |
Abstract
After the 2000 ‘Water-War’, access to water in Bolivia has become a major social demand and thus a prime and contentious political issue. The event has revealed an overwhelming opposition to neo-liberal approaches to water management and has allowed the articulation of a new discourse that sees water not as an economic resource but as a human right. In this context, the paper reviews the two contrasting positions within the debate about whether or not water should be treated as an economic resource. In doing so, it presents the arguments underpinning each position which then allows the elaboration of some relevant conclusions.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Value of Water in Bolivia: An economic resource or a human right? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.inesad.edu.bo/2010/03/20/the-value-of-... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Value of water, Bolivia, economic resource, water-war, market value, indigenous knowledge, cultural value |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of the Americas |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218202 |
Archive Staff Only
 |
View Item |
