Social Summit Defines Bolivia’s Development Strategy

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Dec 14. -Metallurgical industrialization, investment in food production, creation of employment policies, and public safety are being debated by Bolivian social organizations in a summit that will conclude in this city on Wednesday.About 500,000 representatives from institutions and social organizations are attending the Plurinational Meeting that will conclude today, after discussing economic development, security and food sovereignty, wages, employment and job stability, basic services and housing, among other issues.

The beginning of the melting and refining processes was the main proposal of the mining commission, the sector's Minister Jose Pimentel said.

According to Deputy Rural Development Minister Victor Hugo Vazquez, the commission on Land and Food Safety stated that the municipalities invest more economic resources for the production of food.

Discussions of this commission focused on six relevant points: production, land, irrigation, mechanization, investment for the productive sector, transformation and industrialization, and market openings.

In other issues, indigenous and native rural economic organizations called for a law to forbid the foreign ownership of lands in Bolivia, reported Carlos Leon, its main representative.

Business people, analysts and academics also agreed on forging results aimed at creating more jobs and improving the incomes of Bolivians. (Prensa Latina)