Category: Development
Posts about Development
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Center for the Improvement of Cocoa
Established in 2000, the Experimental Station of Matalarga specializes in the improvement of cocoa production in the Dominican Republic. The research team at the station has identified two areas of…
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Development Without Precedent
In many ways economics is a historical science. Economists rely on historical data for the formulation of predictive models. Therefore, economics is a science of precedence. One of the most…
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CREAR
The Regional Center for the Study of Rural Alternatives (CREAR), lies tucked away in the mountainous community of Rio Limpio, along the Dominican border with Haiti. CREAR is a small…
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Duality
It was Descartes who was accused of splitting the world in two, between the material and the spiritual. In accord with a trend that began in the Renaissance, Descartes had…
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World Bank: A chink in the armor
Historically, the World Bank and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of the world have been united in their “commitment to poverty alleviation and economic development in the Third World”. In other…
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Wrapping Up
After four months in Bolivia, today is officially my last day and the next couple of days I will spend traveling back to my home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It…
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The Vice Minister
The Vice Minister is a busy man. He runs from place to place, with his cell-phone in one hand and a bag of coca in another, busily chewing the leaves…
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The Agronomist
The agronomist is content to have his job. He spends an inordinate amount of time shuffling through papers, signing them or making sure they have the proper signatures (all 10…
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The Mayor
If the saying is true that all politics are local, then to get a real understanding of Evo Morales and his MAS party, one must look at the local characters…
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Organic Awakenings
The world is waking up to the promise of organic. Yes, the statistics are quoted quite often: an annual growth rate of 20%, and anticipated market of $30.7 billion by…
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