But in the Altiplano town of El Alto, there is mass unemployment and no state security. And in Aranjuez near the provincial capital of Cochabamba, about half the young people have emigrated to Argentina and the US because there are no jobs. Dr Franklin Arnez, who gives his services free to the poor there, says that there has been no consultation with the people there. One problem in Aranjuez is the shortage of water. There is no irrigation or running water in the area and no government, World Bank, NGO or private financing for any integrated irrigation system for the village.
People have to dig deep wells by hand - and then the water is taxed.
Water is a problem in many parts of the country. In Cochabamba, Bolivia's third biggest city, half the population has to buy water from delivery trucks. Where there is no access to running water, the infant mortality rate triples. Ignoring advice from the World Bank, the Government gave a 40-year concession to a water company who are drilling a large tunnel through the mountains, giving access to a new reservoir. To cover the cost of the project, water tariffs had to be massively increased.