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Pollution management is at the top of
the development agenda of Bolivia, and this program helps
address it in a cross-sectoral manner. In the context of the
implementation of the program environmental management in
Bolivia: innovations and opportunities which was conducted
from September 2010 until October 2012, the World Bank has
implemented a technical assistance program and supported a
multisectoral analysis in order to help the Bolivian
government improve environmental management in four specific
areas: (a) water resource pollution by mining and mitigation
of the pollution; (b) evaluation of potential wastewater
reuse in agriculture with case studies from Cochabamba and
Tarija; (c) improvement of waste management; and (d)
evaluation of health benefits through adequate water supply
and basic sanitation. The program s overall objective is to
help strengthen environmental management in critical areas
of the pollution management agenda. This report summarizes
the outcomes of the pillar of the program on analytical
services and is divided into five chapters: (1) improved
water supply, sanitation, and hygiene: health impacts; (2)
innovation in solid waste management: options for the
future; (3) reuse of wastewater to mitigate water scarcity:
case studies in Cochabamba and Tarija; (4) cooperative gold
mining: dynamics and challenges in a rapidly growing sector;
and (5) mining and water: the benefits of integrated water
resource management at the watershed level. In every
instance, the focus has been on identifying the windows of
opportunity for policy action and investment in what is an
often complex social and economic setting. The findings and
recommendations carried out as part of the program have been
consulted upon with a broad range of stakeholders in Bolivia
through the series of workshops on each of the topics, and
the recommendations presented in this report are limited to
a range of options that are feasible and yet innovative in
the current context, hence the reference in the title of
this report to innovations and opportunities.
