Asunto: | [LEA-Venezuela] News from IDBAmerica (fwd) | Fecha: | Miercoles, 14 de Noviembre, 2001 14:42:09 (-0700) | Autor: | karl h schwerin <schwerin @...edu>
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Karl Schwerin SnailMail: Dept. of Anthropology
Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131
e-mail: schwerin@...
Cultural anthropology...is valuable because it is constantly rediscovering
the normal. Edward Sapir (1949:151)
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:04:27 -0500
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Subject: News from IDBAmerica
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IDBAmérica - News about people and ideas that
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A RIVER OF GOLD
Migrant workers send around $20 billion to their families in Latin America
each year. Could this money help to finance development projects?
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/OCT01E/oct01e3.html
CHRONICLE OF A DROUGHT FORETOLD
The social and economic impact of the drought that ravaged Central America
could have been mitigated with better planning.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/OCT01E/oct01e4.html
SURVIVING THE STREETS
An IDB transportation expert argues that governments could reduce traffic
fatalities quickly and at a surprisingly low cost.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/OCT01E/oct01e2.html
IF IT WORKED IN ANDALUSIA...
Ten years ago, the countryside in this arid Spanish region was plagued by
many of the problems that affect depressed agricultural areas in Latin
America. Do the lessons of Andalusia's recent economic revival apply to
countries like El Salvador or Peru?
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/OCT01E/oct01e4-b.html
VALUES WORTH FIGHTING FOR
The Catholic archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, reflects on the
relationship between ethics, religion and development.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/OCT01E/oct01e1.html
A PHOTOGRAPHER'S ODYSSEY
David Mangurian spent 30 years capturing the work of the IDB on film. His
200,000 photographs, now stored in the Bank's photo library, offer a
unique chronicle of Latin American development. Mangurian recently
selected 70 favorite pictures for a retrospective exhibit that can be
viewed at IDBAmérica online.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/MANGURIANE/
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