Conflictos de inversiones en territorios indígenas : el turismo en la Comarca Kuna Yala de Panamá

écrit avec Christian GrosEl desarollo turistico es uno de los puntos mas conflictivo de la historia de la conmarca Kuna Yala, en Panama (antes llamado Archipelago San Blas). La necesidad de inversion adentro del territorio indigena autonomo revela muchos desafios de una via de desarollo indigena propria. Despues de presentar una sintesis sobre el estado actual del famoso modelo de la autonomia Kuna, se presentan las normas formales e informales que rigen los proyectos turisticos actualmente, antes de analysar lso distintos modelos de desarollo turisticos que apoyan distintis grupos de actores, y finalemente se proponen algunas recomandaciones sobre la posibilidad de un desarollo turisico en el marco de de la autonomia indigena

The measurement of inequality of opportunity : theory and an application to Latin America

What part of the inequality observed in a particular country is due to unequal opportunities, rather than to differences in individual efforts or luck? This paper estimates a lower bound for the opportunity share of inequality in labor earnings, household income per capita and household consumption per capita in six Latin American countries. Following John Roemer, the authors associate inequality of opportunity with outcome differences that can be accounted for by morally irrelevant pre-determined circumstances, such as race, gender, place of birth, and family background. Thus defined, unequal opportunities account for between 24 and 50 percent of inequality in consumption expenditure in the sample. Brazil and Central America are more opportunity-unequal than Colombia, Ecuador, or Peru."Opportunity profiles,"which identify the social groups with the most limited opportunity sets, are shown to be distinct from poverty profiles: ethnic origin and the geography of birth are markedly more important as determinants of opportunity deprivation than of outcome poverty, particularly in Brazil, Guatemala, and Peru.Inequality,Rural Poverty Reduction,Access to Finance,Equity and Development,Services&Transfers to Poor

Water and Basic Sanitation in Latin America and the Caribbean

human development, water, sanitation

Divergência genética multivariada entre genótipos de mandioca coletados em área indígena do Amapá.

O trabalho teve como objetivo estimar a diversidade genetica multivariada entre 31 genotipos de mandioca coletados em área indigena do município de Oiapoque-AP

The role of education in development of an indigenous Mexican community : indigenous perspectives : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University

This thesis is concerned with the role of formal education in development for indigenous peoples. To shed light on the complex relationship between education and development, it presents an in-depth exploration of the experiences, concerns and aspirations of members of one indigenous Mexican community concerning the issues of identity, development and schooling. It investigates how the people of this location, a Zapoteco village in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, see development for their community, and how formal education could best contribute to the achievement of these aspirations. Education is considered within the context of different social processes taking place in the community. Attention is focused on the perspectives of indigenous parents and young people, in accordance with a view of development which recognises the expertise of local people in analysing their situation, and respects their opinions and ideas as paramount to achieving appropriate development. Data from interviews with community members is analysed to reveal a number of themes running through respondents' opinions on culture, identity and development, and the interaction of formal education with these. Their ideas concerning education and cultural autonomy are considered in the light of educational and cultural theories sustained by research, and an analysis of the potential of formal education to contribute to the achievement of expressed development goals is presented. Development for most Tabaeños consisted on the one hand of cultural continuity, in terms of traditional livelihoods, forms of social organisation and language, and on the other of the acquisition of skills, knowledge and institutions that will allow for the economic, social and cultural development of the community and its individuals. Research and the experiences of indigenous communities elsewhere in the world suggest that education has the potential to support community development in both of these aspects. Tabaeños are beginning to take a more active role in formal education, and the existence of a solid and autochthonous foundation for participation and locally controlled development in the community offers grounds for cautious optimism regarding its ability to continue to define and achieve both the education and the development talked of by community members

Request formation in Ecuadorian Quichua

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