Category: Development
Posts about Development
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The Unlikely Captain
The transformational effect of power is extremely noticeable in Bolivian politics. And here I am talking of rural and provincial politics, of the backwater places that nobody hears or knows…
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Information Intensive Agriculture
As Rudolf Steiner argued so many decades ago, the 20th century shift towards input intensive agriculture was, and is, troubling in so many ways. According to Steiner, heavy investments in…
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Make Us!
Although the election of Evo Morales was expected to reduce the amount of blockades, strikes, and general protests in Bolivia, here we are almost three months into the new government…
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Correction and Microcredit
Gleaning knowledge from street discussions and first impressions is, in every sense, qualitative by nature. I make as many mistakes as anybody else in the world. This time I was…
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A Mixed Blessing
Last Thursday I traveled to several rural areas outside of the city of Cochabamba to attend a day-long training in aquaculture systems. Part of the training involved a trip to…
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Que Verguenza
There is a fundamental difference between developed countries and the developing world. First World countries have institutionalized a culture of entrepreneurship. This is not to say that developing countries are…
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Why Evo?
To many observers, the election of Evo Morales may seem like a victory orchestrated only by Bolivia’s rural and lower class voters. Bolivians will be the first to tell you…
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Pay Your Taxes
It seems to me that the new Morales government is working hard to make Bolivia a more independent nation. In May of 2003, when I left Bolivia after a three…
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The Foot Economy
Upon arriving in Cochabamba, one of the first things I notice is that the sidewalks are full. At mid-day, high school students congest the sidewalks, talking, laughing, flirting, and then…
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Shifting the Focus
On Wednesday I will be traveling to the South American nation of Bolivia. In the years 2000-2003 I lived in a small village in the province of Mizque, four hours…
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