A Cautionary Tale : : Failed U.S. Development Policy in Central America /

A Cautionary Tale : : Failed U.S. Development Policy in Central America / / Michael E. Conroy, Peter M. Rosset, Douglas L. Murray.

Dissects the varied impacts--on the environment, on the livelihoods of thousands of small farmers, and on the sovereignty of elected governments--of a decade of failed U.S. AID policy in Central America.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
VerfasserIn:
Conroy, Michael E.,
Murray, Douglas L.,
Rosset, Peter M.,
MitwirkendeR:
Xuc, Don Marcelo,
Place / Publishing House:Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]
©1996
Year of Publication:2023
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (212 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES AND FIGURES
  • FOREWORD
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 CENTRAL AMERICA'S LOST DECADE AND NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPORT STRATEGY
  • 2 CULTIVATING INEQUITY: NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AND THE RURAL POOR
  • 3 IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGY: USAID CREATES A PARALLEL STATE
  • 4 UNDERMINING SMALL FARMERS: THE STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRAL AMERICAN NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPORT INDUSTRY
  • 5 ERODING THE PRODUCTIVE BASE: THE ECOLOGY OF NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
  • 6 RAISING THE HUMAN COSTS: PESTICIDES AND HEALTH IN CENTRAL AMERICAN NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
  • 7 SEEKING NEW DIRECTIONS: THE SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES
  • Appendix STATISTICAL PROFILES OF CENTRAL AMERICAN PRODUCERS OF NONTRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
  • ACRONYMS
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY (FOOD FIRST)
  • ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHORS

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