The privatization hasn't benefited the country much. There is little investment. There is no more employment. There are more layoffs. Working conditions have gotten worse.
Services are more and more expensive.
As a result, now that the state no longer has money for public services, what it wants to do is privatize the public service sector. In Cochabamba, the third largest city in the country, we have had serious problems with water for 50 years. Not just for household consumption, but also for agricultural use. We produce a lot of vegetables in this region. In June 1999, the World Bank issued a report on Bolivia in which it discussed the water situation in Cochabamba.