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Bolivia: USAID Program Profile
| Budget |
FY 2005
Actual
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FY 2006
Current
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FY 2007
Requested
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| Total Program Funds |
$84,938,000 |
$84,839,000 |
$85,689,000 |
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) program in Bolivia works on assisting the country to consolidate democracy, achieve broad-based equitable and sustainable development, and reduce narcotics production and trafficking. USAID's programs try to address the key issues of poverty and social exclusion by focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on the rural population.
Democracy: USAID programs help to increase citizen
support for the Bolivian democratic system. Programs help
to: reform the criminal justice system through implementation
of a new Code of Criminal Procedures; support local governance
through assistance to municipal governments and engaging civil
society at the local and regional level; and strengthen the
representation function of the legislature by developing and
implementing mechanisms to bring Congressional representatives
closer to their constituents. Economic Opportunities: USAID
focuses on helping to increase income for Bolivia's poor with
emphasis on targeted communities. Programs provide technology
services to increase production and marketing of agricultural
commodities, increase access to financial services in urban
and rural areas, and provide PL 480 assistance to support
food for work, access to technology and market services, and
micro-irrigation.
Health: USAID's health program works on several main
issues: institutionalizing integrated prevention and management
of childhood illnesses in medical facilities and communities;
improving maternal and reproductive health services; controlling
infectious diseases; and improving basic sanitation and immunizations.
Environment: Through its work in Bolivia, USAID helps
to ensure that forest, water and biodiversity resources are
managed for sustained economic growth. USAID works with Bolivia
to promote sustainable forestry management, increase forest
value and create eco-certified forest products for export
to high-value "green markets," support local community management
of natural resources, and reduce pollution generated by manufacturers
and hospitals.
Alternative Development: USAID is helping the Government
of Bolivia to ensure that illegal and excess coca is eliminated.
USAID has helped to: develop sustainable farm-level production
and market linkages in the Chapare region; provide direct
assistance to those Chapare farmer families residing in certified
coca-free areas; increase licit net household income in the
Yungas region; and establish a Community Development Fund
to provide financing for productive infrastructure development,
road maintenance and other investments identified by the participating
communities in the Yungas region.
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