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Beyond the City: The Rural Contribution to Development
(The World Bank, 2006) de Ferranti, David; Perry, Guillermo E.; Foster, William; Lederman, Daniel; Valdés, Alberto
From p. 1-2: "Most LAC countries are preoccupied about the state of their rural economy, particularly the competitiveness of rural economic activities, poverty, and environmental degradation. While the majority of LAC countries have in place trade policies, sector-specific government support policies, social intervention policies, infrastructure development strategies, and various regulatory regimes designed to respond to demands of various subsectors in the rural economy, most of these have focused on problems affecting the rural economy per se, without paying enough attention to how the rural economies (and policies) contribute to overall national welfare. This report aims to fill this gap by systematically evaluating the contribution of rural development and policies to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation both in rural areas and in the rest of the economy. Specifically, it uses this broad framework to shed light on five critical policy issues for Latin American economic authorities. For the convenience of readers interested in policy issues, this chapter presents first a summary of the policy implications of our findings. We then turn to the findings themselves, summarizing our methodological approach and main results."
Estrategia Industrial de Chile para la Década de los Años 70 Documentos Inéditos 1969-1970
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2022) Bitar, Sergio; Loyola, Manuel
"Between 1968 and 1970 CORFO prepared one of the most complete industrial strategy proposals for Chile 1970-80. This program was not implemented and the texts remained undisclosed. The present work of historical recovery transports us to the beginning of the 70s, convulsive times that marked a turn in the country's economy and in the work of CORFO, first with the government of Salvador Allende and, later, with the dictatorship. Today, when the country embraces the idea of giving a new impetus to Chile's industrial development, it is that we must put into perspective what was done then, and on that basis imagine a new stage with ambition. As CORFO's Executive Vice President, José Miguel Benavente, expressed it in 2022, 'we want to move towards a new development model that is more inclusive and sustainable, territorially equitable and based no longer on the simple extraction and export of natural resources, but on more intensive in science, technology and innovation.'"
Gender and Non-Timber Forest Products: Promoting Food Security and Economic Empowerment
(International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 2008) Carr, Marilyn; Hartl, Maria
"If development is to be effective, it should empower rural women and men equally. IFAD supported projects and programmes address inequalities by enhancing women’s access to productive resources and increasing their participation in decision-making. Over its 30 years of existence, IFAD has placed increasing importance on gender equality and women’s empowerment, both as objectives in themselves and as instruments for poverty reduction. In IFAD’s experience, women can become a powerful force in transforming the lives of their families and communities when programmes acknowledge the specific needs and constraints of both women and men, and when women have concrete opportunities. ‘Non-timber forest products’ is a sector that offers great promise for women, but to enhance the effectiveness of poverty reduction programmes, opportunities for the greater involvement of women are essential. Obviously, they should be activities that can accommodate the constraints of traditional domestic duties and recognize gender differences in knowledge of natural resources, biodiversity and conservation. Recognizing the importance of NTFPs in promoting food security and rural poverty reduction, IFAD has invested significant financial resources in this sector and is a supporter of the recently launched Global Partnership Programme on NTFP, which brings together stakeholders from the public and private sectors. Through its programmes and projects, IFAD has accumulated valuable knowledge on how to encourage broader and more significant support to the NTFP sector and to adopt measures that enable women and men to benefit equally from its development. Women producers operating in the informal NTFP sector in developing countries face discrimination and many obstacles. This publication highlights approaches used by IFAD and other agencies to support women more effectively. It emphasizes the multiple dimension of the challenges – in division of labour, differences in access to credit and market information, and environmental issues – and presents ways to expand the role of women as agents of change in this sector. The publication is the result of an initiative by IFAD’s Technical Advisory Division to promote better methods of enabling poor rural people, and especially women, to benefit from the NTFP sector. It takes stock of past experience and demonstrates that there are many opportunities to invest in NTFPs in support of rural livelihoods."
Human Security and Mutual Vulnerability: An Exploration into the Global Political Economy of Development and Underdevelopment (1st edition)
(International Development Research Centre, 1999) Nef, Jorge
"Jorge Nef responds to one of the most pressing intellectual challenges of the post-Cold War era: the search for an analytical framework that will help us understand this turbulent and chaotic period in human history. His lucid and visionary analysis rests on the concept of mutual vulnerability: that in an increasingly interdependent world, global security is only as strong as the weakest link in the chain."
La Cuantificacion del Desarrollo Historico de la Valorizacion del Capital en American del Sur. Estudios de Largo Plazo Sobre la Tasa de Ganancia y la Renta de La Tierra: Metodologia y Resultados
(Ariadna Ediciones, 2023) Rivas, Gabriel; Rojas, Javiera; Fuentes, Mauricio; Kornblihtt, Juan; Loyola Tapia EIRL, Manuel Enrique; Loyola, Manuel
"Este libro busca mostrar que la clase obrera sudamericana no puede personificar las potencias históricas de su relación social de forma inmediata, sino que solo puede ser lo que históricamente está llamada a ser 'de acuerdo a su ser' (Marx y Engels, 1938: 57) por medio de un rodeo. Como veremos a lo largo de los diferentes capítulos, la renta de la tierra, base de la valorización del capital sudamericano, da lugar a que este último circule sin la necesidad de ser portador de la productividad media del trabajo social. Se trata por ello de capitales que se reproducen, en lo inmediato, aparentemente a contrapelo de su sentido histórico. De ahí que el punto de partida del reconocimiento de la potencia histórica de la clase obrera en América del Sur pasa por poner en evidencia que esta se afirma negada bajo la forma de una renta de la tierra y no portada de manera inmediata."
Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption and the Third World's Environmental Legacy
(Earthscan, 1991) Adams, Patricia
"Patricia Adams opens her seminal work on odious debts, 'Odious Debts: Loose Lending, Corruption, and the Third Worlds Environmental Legacy,' by describing the traditional muang faai water management system along Thailands watersheds. Muang faai--which survives in much of Thailand--amounts to a system of common property rights in which rights and responsibilities have been finely tuned over the centuries to maintain equity, protect the environment, and promote prosperity. Though hardly idyllic, frequently conflict-ridden, and constantly adapting through trial and error and discussion, the political and legal system that emerged worked well to protect those who lived along the river, and the river itself. From such an accountable environment came a degree of security that allowed all who were governed by it to produce amply and diversely for their families, enriching their communities in the process. The muang faai system began to break down in the 1980s when central authorities took charge of the rivers, armed with new laws and foreign money, to build dams along the mainstems of the rivers. By analogy, Ms. Adams examines the centralization of control over the nations other resources that turned sustainable into unsustainable commons and created what became known as odious debts."
Vision for Village Tanks of Tamil Nadu
(DHAN Foundation, 2004) Seenivasan, R.; Arnad Kumar, P.
"A vision for conservation and development of the village Tanks of Tamilnadu is presented. The vision is a product of a series of stakeholders meetings organised across the state of Tamilnadu, India. The document presents the current problems and what can be done for the alleviation and restoration of them."

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