Audacious Reforms
For many Latin Americans, the hopes raised by political democracy over the past two decades have been dashed by the realities of persistent poverty and growing social inequality, and by the…
Category: Book Talk, Food
The Transnational Villagers
It is commonplace today to speak of the “Global Village”. The growth of technology such as the Internet, cheap international phone service, faxes and satellite television shrink the distance…
The Challenges to Equal Opportunity in the Americas
Can education lead to social and economic equity? Think of your own educational experience, your current position in social and economic spheres and how you got there. Do you have…
Children of Immigration
Large-scale immigration is one of the most important social developments of our time. It is a transformational process affecting families and their children. Once immigrants are settled, they…
Globalization and the Rural Environment
Those of us who work as leaders of rural development, training and agricultural research programs in low-income countries find that the daily realities of the field take up a large part of…
