“Waste of Time”: Urban Education Failing Rural Kids in Guatemala
“Forty-five, maybe fifty, I don’t remember anymore,” seventy one year old Juan Chúl Yaxon tells me through a warming toothless chuckle that causes his leathery skin to crease around his eyes as we talk...
View ArticleThe Urban City’s Rural Face
When it comes to development most take sides. I am not talking about of one country over another, or good guys versus the not so good guys. Theorists and practitioners, however, do like to specialise...
View ArticleINESAD News: “Challenging Accepted Wisdoms: Rural-Urban Linkages in...
Action Against Hunger UK (ACF UK) recently commissioned INESAD‘s Ioulia Fenton to help write the Guatemala part of a global report on the role of rural-urban linkages in under-nutrition. What this type...
View ArticleThere are no country-bumpkin economists: A problem for economic research...
Since entering the world of economics a short while ago I have repeatedly been surprised by some major development institutions’ lack of regard for the country-side and rural activities. In the 2009...
View ArticleHow poor do poor people feel?
The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it. Gilbert K. Chesterton Growing up in 1980s and 90s Russia was not easy. For the first few years of my life three...
View ArticleReviving an Ancient Farming System in Bolivia: Camellones
In 1957 the remains of a civilization from 3,000 years ago were discovered in El Beni, a lowland region in the northeast of Bolivia (see map below). This civilization was found to have a highly...
View ArticleBolivia’s Best: An Interview With Oscar Saavedra Arteaga
Fifty five years ago, archaeologist, engineer and geologist Kenneth Lee discovered the ruins of an ancient civilization in the region of El Beni, in the northeast of Bolivia. The sophisticated...
View ArticleSaemaul Undong: South Korea’s mark on international development
South Korea’s development over the past half-century has been one of the biggest successes in the world. Measured in terms of either economic wealth, or the Human Development Index (HDI) which...
View ArticleNine Innovative Ways Food Workers are Fighting for More Justice
(This article has been republished from Foodtank. Click here to see the original post) It is important to recognize the challenges facing workers in the food system. These challenges include issues...
View ArticleThe Universidad Académica Campesina – Carmen Pampa: a College for Bolivia’s...
by Rachel Satterlee Bolivia is a beautiful, mountainous country that is very culturally diverse but which also has many inequities. None are more pronounced that those in education: As of 2004,...
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