Progress in access to water in homes in Bolivia

Special attention to inequality issues

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21697034
AutoresDaniel A Revollo-Fernández (0000-0001-6350-0924, a SECIHTI-UAM, Departamento de Economía, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco. Av. San Pablo No. 180, Col. Reynosa Tamaulipas, Del. Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México, México, autor de correspondencia), Jean Paul Benavides (0000-0001-5251-0166, b Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas (IISEc), La Paz, Bolivia), Fernanda Wanderley (0000-0002-8378-3850, b Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas (IISEc), La Paz, Bolivia), Lilia Rodríguez-Tapia (0000-0002-1456-999X, c Deparment of Economics, Metropolitan Autonomus University, Campus Azcapotzalco. Av. San Pablo No. 420, Col. Nueva El Rosario, Alcaldia Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México, México)
Año2025
Volumen27
Número4
Páginas465-476
Fecha de publicación2025-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWater Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1366-7017 • E-ISSN: 1996-9759
EditorialIWA Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2166/wp.2025.190
OpenAlexW4408507815
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas21

One of the main challenges facing the water sector worldwide relates to the availability of water for households. However, it is not only important to analyze availability but also affordability, taking into account equity aspects. In this regard, by estimating indicators proposed by the Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (JMP) and using statistical tests of means (ANOVA), it is evident that, in the case of Bolivia, for 2021, basic access to water service was 90.3% nationwide, 98.1% in the urban sector, and 73.0% in the rural sector, demonstrating a statistically significant difference between the two geographic areas. And if considered by income decile, for example, at the national level, the difference between the first and tenth deciles is almost 22.5%. In this sense, although water policy in Bolivia has advanced in recent years, it is important to consider actions to reduce this inequality and thus achieve greater social well-being, especially for the most vulnerable households. Consideration should be given to designing policies that provide assistance, primarily to the most vulnerable sectors, for example, by prioritizing investments in the sector to expand or improve the water network or distribution systems

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Inequality · Natural resource economics · Political science · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Mathematics