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August 2001
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Latin America: The Downside of People Power The military coup may be a thing of the past, but the popular coup is in vogue, as more Latin Americans are losing faith in the ballot box and taking to the streets. |
IDB America
September 2001
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The nuances of exclusion Once nearly inaudible, the public debate over the poverty and marginalization of ethnic groups in Latin America and the Caribbean is now hard to ignore. It is time for governments to act to eliminate ethnic and racial discrimination... |
CIO
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WAP Powwow An ancient Maya prophecy says a day will come when Earth will be covered by a giant spiderweb and a group of 13 will bring all the people together... |
Scientific American
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Prime Directive for the Last Americans Saving Amazonia's indigenous peoples means not meeting them, insists Sydney Possuelo -- a policy of noninterference he hopes to extend, even if others hate it. |
Salon.com
September 7, 2000
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Globalized grievance Indigenous Ecuadorians want Texaco to answer for alleged environmental recklessness in the Amazon -- and 30,000 of them are fighting the oil giant in U.S. District Court. |
IDB America
October 2005
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Languages Saved From Oblivion An IDB Cultural Center program supports efforts to revive the languages and traditions of tiny indigenous groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
D-Lib
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Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights: A Digital Library Context A discussion about the digitization of the creative works of our ancestors... |
IDB America
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A tool for development The manager of the IDB's Sustainable Development Department explains the crucial link between census and public policy... |
D-Lib
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Issues Regarding the Application of Information Technology in Indigenous Communities Only indigenous people can consider their cultural values and decide what is appropriately instantiated in digital media. Only they can determine the degree to which they will participate in information technologies... |
IDB America
April 2003
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Education that respects cultures and communities Many things about Mexico's Community Education program are inspiring, starting with the enthusiam of the young instructors who volunteer to teach in remote and often difficult settings. |
IDB America
March 2003
Roger Hamilton |
`Pictures that look like us' How an education reform program increases coverage while promoting cultural diversity |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Singh & Collyns |
Latin America's Resurgence Latin America's recent resurgence amid continuing favorable external conditions provides another historic opportunity for the region to catalyze its considerable natural and human capital resources into sustained and higher growth. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
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A college for real life With an annual budget of merely $2 million, the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua is training potential leaders for one of the most disadvantaged regions in one of the most impoverished countries in Central America. |
IDB America
September 2001
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Social exclusion: Is there a role for the IDB? IDB executive vice president K. Burke Dillon recently spoke about the IDB's commitment to social equity and inclusion... |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004 |
Q&A with Bolivian President Mesa On the job less than a year, Bolivian President Carlos Mesa talks at length about the huge challenges ahead, economic, political, and cultural. |
IDB America
November 2004
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Leading the Way for Social Inclusion Three innovative nongovernmental organizations in Latin America win awards from an IDB-administered fund: Themis... Apoyo Para el Campesino-Indigena del Oriente Boliviano... Asociacion Capital Humano de Colombia... |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2007
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Getting All Girls into School New ways are needed to educate "excluded girls" in developing countries. |
Fast Company
April 1, 2007 |
First Look Paul Hawken, the renowned entrepreneur, environmentalist, author, documentarian, and visionary, brings coherence to the disparate grassroots efforts trying to save the planet in his latest book, Blessed Unrest. |
IDB America
June 2007
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Can an Energy Project Save a Rainforest? Defying conventional assumptions, a vast natural gas project has helped to protect 1.5 million hectares of rainforest in the Peruvian Amazon. |
IDB America
September 2005
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Paradise Sculpted, Carved and Photographed Art of the Guarani reflects the story of Paraguay's people and their land. |
IDB America
June 2007
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D-Lib
March 2002 |
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