Rural Progress, Rural Decay : : Neoliberal Adjustment Policies and Local Initiatives / / ed. by John D. Cameron, Liisa L. North.

• MitwirkendeR: Bretón Solo De Zaldívar, Víctor,; Cameron, John D.,; Grinspun, Ricardo,; Kit, Wade A.,; Koep, Robert B.,; Korovkin, Tanya,; Lefeber, Louis,; Martínez Valle, Luciano,; North, Liisa L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Cameron, John D.,; North, Liisa L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2003]; Kumarian Press, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (268 p.)

How do rural development programs, especially those run by nongovernmental organizations, cope in a time of structural adjustment programs and economical liberalization? Using Ecuador as a representative example, the authors of Rural Progress, Rural Decay explore the consequences of neoliberal macroeconomic policies for equitable development—and demonstrate that NGOs can make little headway in promoting "poor people's entrepreneurship" in what remains an essentially big-business-dominated economic and political environment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- 1 Rural Progress or Rural Decay? An Overview of the Issues and the Case Studies -- Part I Theoretical Perspectives -- 2 Problems of Contemporary Development. Neoliberalism and Its Consequences -- 3 Exploring the Links Among Global Trade, Industrial Agriculture, and Rural Underdevelopment -- Part II Policy Choices, Policy Impacts: Ecuador in Comparative Perspective -- 4 Agriculture and Rural Development. A Critique of Establishmentarian Policies in Ecuador -- 5 Endogenous Peasant Responses to Structural Adjustment. Ecuador in Comparative Andean Perspective -- 6 Rural Land Conflicts and Human Rights Violations in Ecuador -- Part III Case Studies from the Ecuadorian Highlands -- 7 Agrarian Capitalism and Communal Institutional Spaces. Chimborazo After the Land Reform -- 8 The Contradictions of Rural Development NGOs. The Trajectory of the FEPP in Chimborazo -- 9 Municipal Democratization and Rural Development in Highland Ecuador -- 10 Externally Induced Rural Diversification. The Communitarian Experience of Salinas -- 11 Endogenous Rural Diversification. Family Textile Enterprises in Pelileo, Tungurahua -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors -- Index