Submitted on July 15, 1998 to Public Administration and Development The Implementation of Participacíon Popular in Bolivia: Decentralization of Public Services in Cochabamba Amrita Daniere Assistant Professor Program in Planning, Department of Geography University of Toronto 100 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3 tel: (416) 978-3236 fax: (416) 978-6729 email: daniere@cirque.geog.utoronto.ca and Claudia Marcondes Director University of Toronto Urban International Center for Urban and Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto, Ontario tel: (416) 978-1345 fax:(416) 978-7162 email: marconde@chass.utoronto.ca We would like to thank the University of Toronto International (UTUI) for providing the funding and opportunity to conduct this research as part of the Sustainable Urban Development in Bolivia Project (funded by CIDA). In particular, we would like to thank Christie Gombay and Richard Stren for lending their experience and intellectual insights to this research. We are also grateful to the many individuals in Bolivia who shared their knowledge and expertise with us including Johnny Antezana, Alfredo Cosio and the staff of the Direccíon de Planificacíon at the Municipality of Cochabamba. The opinions expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of UTUI or any of the organizations consulted during the course of this research endeavor