Asquith, N. M.Vargas, M. T.2016-04-192016-04-192007Natural Resource Issues No. 7978-1-84369-647-61605-1017http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67574Metadata only recordThis document reports on an assessment of the potential of market mechanisms to improve rural livelihoods through watershed management, conducted by Fundación Natura Bolivia. Watershed management schemes in Bolivia have had minimal success. Most have been regulation-oriented, top-down approaches. Despite having a large per capita water supply, local water scarcity is a persistent problem in Bolivia.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightWater managementPayments for environmental servicesLivelihoodsIndigenous communityWaterDecentralizationWatershed managementGovernmentPESWatershed servicesBoliviaFundación natura boliviaMarket-based mechanismsTrustIncentivesGovernance WatershedAbstractCopyright International Institute for Environment and Development. All rights reserved.