Abstract

EVIA, José Luis; CORONADO, Ximena  and  STEINICH, Markus. ¿Hacia dónde se encamina la descentralización fiscal en Bolivia?. rlde [online]. 2008, n.10, pp.9-58. ISSN 2074-4706.

The process of decentralization begun in 1994, with the approval of the law of popular participation ("Ley de Participación Popular"). Since then, the public resources that the municipalities, and to a lesser degree the states ("departamentos"), control have grown significantly. In contrast with the growing volume of transfers, the resources generated by the local governments have not developed at a similar speed, and their responsibilities have not been increased. The capacity building process of the local governments have been unequal, with some municipalities that have achieved an acceptable level of capabilities, but other that lack those, while the prefectures are just beginning the processes of capacity building. In this background, the next phase of the decentralization has to be constructed. The proposal for a new Political Constitution approved in Oruro and the Statutes of Autonomy proposed by several departamentos design this phase of decentralization. This article reviews these proposals, looks at the challenges that this process has to face, and highlights the issues that the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) with its Bolivian partners has to consider at designing its cooperation program.

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