Sustainable Futures for Bolivia
Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Latin America and the Caribbean
ISBN: 978-1-80117-865-5, eISBN: 978-1-80117-864-8
Publication date: 27 January 2022
Abstract
In this chapter, the reality of Bolivia's current situation is presented, including details regarding the country's political, economic and environmental context. Then, alternate possible future scenarios are presented, developed by four different types of stakeholders in Bolivian society during four workshops that produced various suggestions on how to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic using a sustainable approach.
Several findings are incorporated into these scenarios, including potential risks, public policy recommendations and structural changes required to attain the best possible post-pandemic scenario for Bolivia, including the achievement of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the 2030 Agenda, especially SDGs 8, 13 and 17.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
This study is part of comparative research in partnership with six other Latin American and Caribbean countries on climate action funded by Centro de Desarrollo Sostenible para América Latina (CODS).
We want to recognise the guidance of Dr Gurram Gopal, Professor at Industrial Technology and Management at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Our deepest gratitude is to our families who motivate our daily work.
We also want to thank Dr Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez who led this project from the acquisition of funding to reporting, organising the team and helping each one with their chapters.
Likewise, we thank the two anonymous reviewers who provided us feedback and suggestions to improve the chapter's initial versions. They gave us thoughtful ideas to enhance the readability of the information presented in this chapter.
Furthermore, we acknowledge and thank the support by Dr Oscar Molina Tejerina, Vice-President at Universidad Privada Boliviana; Dr Rocio Estremadoiro, Professor at Universidad Mayor de San Simón; Dr Georgina M. Catacora-Vargas, Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo/Unidad Académica Campesina ‘Tiahuanacu’, University of Bern; and Dr Lykke Andersen, Executive Director at Sustainable Development Solutions Network Bolivia. All of them provided valuable direction, information and advice for this chapter.
We want to acknowledge Dr Maria del Pilar Osorio, Professor at Universidad Privada Boliviana, who contributed to the data collection process for this study.
Besides, we thank Dr Miguel Cordova Espinoza, Associate Professor of Management at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), who gave ideas to direct the chapter.
Finally, we express our thankfulness to the participants in the workshops who donated their time, views and knowledge to this study.
Citation
Monje-Cueto, F. and Ruiz Ayala, J.D. (2022), "Sustainable Futures for Bolivia", Gonzalez-Perez, M.A. (Ed.) Regenerative and Sustainable Futures for Latin America and the Caribbean, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 93-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-864-820221005
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