Bolivia

Bolivia
State type
Unitary
Type of government
República democrática, participativa, representativa y comunitaria.
Branches
Legislative
Judicial
Executive
Administrative Division

National Level

Gobierno Central

Intermediate/Regional Level

Departamentos 9

Local Level

Municipios 339

Cities

National Urban Policy

  • The National Policy for Integrated City Development (PNDIC) is a coherent, informed, and structured set of objectives, strategic guidelines, and action plans for decision-making processes, derived from the Habitat and Housing Sector of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, with the aim of achieving the development vision of the PGDES [General Economic and Social Development Plan] and Territorial Planning (OT).

    The policy is divided into three components that help direct the development of cities toward a more sustainable and inclusive future within the framework of the PNDIC’s vision. The three components are: 1) Urban Policy, 2) Development of Metropolitan Regions, and 3) City Systems.

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    National urban policy type:
    Explicit
    Policy temporality:
    Long-term
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  • Urban municipal financing system of Bolivia

    Bolivia is a democratic, participatory, representative, communitarian and unitarian republic composed of nine departments at the subnational level. The political-administrative division corresponds to provinces which in turn are divided into municipalities.

    Since 2009, with the promulgation of the new Political Constitution of the State, the decentralization process that Bolivia began to carry out since the 1990s deepened. The law No. 2028 promulgated in 1999 already determined the priority of its economic and social development through the transfer of resources and local autonomy. However, it is the Political Constitution of the State (CPE) that deepens its autonomy in terms of the ability to manage its economic resources, and exercise legislative, regulatory, supervisory, and executive powers. However, its main income comes from transfers from the central government through co-participation taxes, which reveals that there is still a significant dependence on the central government, followed by the direct tax on hydrocarbons and its own taxes.

     

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  • Urban planning system of Bolivia

    Bolivia has several instruments for land use planning, such as plans, laws, and strategies that define short, medium, and long-term planning. Under the concept of comprehensive territorial development, both the State and intermediate and local governments have the responsibility of developing land use planning plans and playing an active role in territorial planning and urban development. National plans should provide guidelines for the preparation of plans at the departmental and municipal levels. The concept of “Vivir Bien” (“Living Well”) and the set of knowledge of people and communities represents an important axis to direct urban and planning policies in the country.

     

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