Journal of International Development Cooperation
Korea International Cooperation Agency
지역 포커스: 중남미 개발협력

남미 볼리비아 수자원 관리 및 관개농업 시스템 개선을 위한 국제개발협력

하상섭1
1한국외대 한중남미녹색융합센터 연구교수

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Published Online: Apr 01, 2019

Abstract

This thesis aims to develop a potential issue which is the very possible to cooperate internationally with the ODA development strategy between Korea and Latin America, particularly in Bolivia in the parts of water resource management and irrigation agriculture. By recognizing these parts as important international development issues, this thesis scrutinizes the current situations and problems for more cooperation each other in the dimension of agricultural and economic development. Traditionally and currently, the economic growth of this region has been strongly depend on the agricultural development. On this reason, this region has developed this sector with investment and industrial policies during the 20th century. However, the way of traditional development methods has confronted many problems and are vulnerable with the changed circumstances such as in the fields of agricultural productivity, efficient agricultural system, institutional improvement related basically with water management and irrigation agriculture, which means, the old system does not guarantee the sustainable development model without considering water management. The targeted countries such as Bolivia, Paraguy, Peru and Guatemala in Latin American region, now they strongly demand an international cooperation in this part and it increases development projects by international cooperation agencies such as IDB, World Bank, etc.

This thesis analyses about this tendency and develop more necessary cooperation in the parts of water management and irrigate agricultural system, which are basic tools in the building of the SOC. Chapter 2 and 3 thus argue that it is necessary for guide-line to cooperate each other in details followed:

First. to provide international development and its cooperate into this part, it is helpful to put public finances in a healthy and sustainable position especially in the investment of water management and poverty reduction. Secondly, as basic reason, it protects water resource as environmental goods and third in the filed of sanitation matter and in the dimension of role, it could develop the capacity of government management skills, this could protect and save water resource as an important public goods. The water as a public goods plays a great role to deliver universal service and function poverty reduction as well. In addition, the efficient water management and development of irrigate agricultural system, it helps to reduce the global warming, confronting with climate change in the processes of climate change adaptation and response. it also provides job creation with development of agricultural industry which could reduce the rural poor. finally, the cooperation and international investment this part, it will harmonize the social conflict which might take place in the process of management of water resource(tax regime, institutions) between central and local governments and among rural and indigenous communities such as water war in Bolivia in the early of 21th century.

Keywords: 볼리비아; 수자원 관리; 관개농업; 국제개발협력/
Keywords: Bolivia; Water Resource Management; Irrigate Agriculture; International Development Cooperation