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

Conroy, Michael E.

A Cautionary Tale : Failed U.S. Development Policy in Central America / Michael E. Conroy, Peter M. Rosset, Douglas L. Murray. - 1 online resource (212 p.)

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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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.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9781555876302 9781685852771

10.1515/9781685852771 doi


POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.