Message-ID: <mailto:Pine.3.89.9506271835.B20899-0100000@Mercury.mcs.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 18:02:44 -0500 From: Geoffrey Habron <mailto:ghabron@MERCURY.MCS.COM> Subject: Re: Info request: indigenous self-development To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L In-Reply-To: <mailto:Pine.3.89.9506262124.A11965-0100000@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>
Greetings! Are you looking for stuff on the Caribbean too? By the way who are you working with? Geoffrey Habron: mailto:ghabron@mcs.com
On Mon, 26 Jun 1995, Kathryn Johns wrote:
> Greetings. I am a grad student in int'l development and I am working at
> the World Bank this summer. I am doing research on indigenous
> self-development in Latin America for a social scientist in the Latin
> America and Caribbean Technical Dept.
>
> I am using this list to solicit information and ideas from development
> workers, academics, and others who have been researching/reading/
> writing/thinking about these issues a lot longer than I have been. I would
> appreciate any information you could forward regarding:
>
> --Conditions for self-development of indigenous peoples in L.America.
>
> --Has it generally arisen as a result of a crisis or increasing external
> pressures on resources?
>
> --What is most important? land rights, food security, the environment,
> community organizing, education, or do they all have to happen at the
> same time?
>
> --What role does culture play?
>
> --Examples or case studies of indigenous groups that have developed on
> their own (ie, working for land rights, economically productive
> activities, or resource management) and how to find out about them.
>
> Please feel free to forward this message to other lists or individuals.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Kathy Johns
>