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- Latin America: A New Interpretation
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Author: Whitehead, Laurence Publisher: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, UK and New Yo ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-09 13:36
- Columbian peace communities: the role of NGOs in supporting resistance to violence and oppression
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Colombia’s chronic war is one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. Amid armed actors, pervasive violence, and increasing militarisation, many citizens experience hostility from all sides. This violence continues the historical marginalisation of Afro ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52
- Basic learning needs of young people and adults in Latin America
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The author provides a summary of important lessons learned from adult educational activities and research in Latin America. Basic learning skills are defined as the skills needed in order to provide for ones basic needs, in turn based on the current under ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Violence, fear, and development in Latin America: a critical overview
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This introduction presents the core concepts that shape this special issue on the impact of violence and the processes of development in Central and South America. The understanding of development is considered in terms broader than the economic context a ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Spreading manufacturing growth gains through local jobs: lessons from the Guatemalan highlands
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The author describes the evolution of the garment-manufacturing sector in the district of Totonicapán in the Guatemalan highlands, an area long associated with weaving and related skills. Producers have been shrewd in finding ways to take advantage of cha ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- Presidents Without Parties: the Politics of Economic Reform in Argentina and Venezuela in the 1990’s
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Author: Corrales, Javier Publisher: University Park PA: Pennsylvania State Uni ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Capacity building for adaptive management: a problem-based learning approach
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As natural-resource issues become more complex, particularly in developing-world contexts, there is a growing need for adaptive management solutions. However, the skills necessary to deal with these increasingly complex situations are not always present ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-22 16:23
- The role and example of Chilean and Argentinean Mothers in democratisation
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This paper explores the development issue of democratisation from a gendered perspective, emphasising the need to look for the building blocks of democracy within civil society sectors where women play a key role. Chilean and Argentinean women prove an im ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- Mapping the road to development: a methodology for scaling up
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Understanding local variability in context and mobilising local participation to define development agendas are widely accepted development strategies. There remain, hoUnderstanding local variability in context and mobilising local participation to defi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Letter from Honduras, 5 November 1998
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The author wrote this open letter to her friends in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, from the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. She describes the devastation, how nearby countries have sent assistance, and her fears for the future. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
