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		<title>Development Without Precedent</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/11/16/development-without-precedent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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    In many ways economics is a historical science.  Economists rely on historical data for the formulation of predictive models.  Therefore, economics is a science of precedence. 

     
    
    One of the most pertinent critiques against the modern practice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Bank: A chink in the armor</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/09/19/world-bank-a-chink-in-the-armor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Batam]]></category>
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    Historically, the World Bank and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of the world have been united in their &#34;commitment to poverty alleviation and economic development in the Third World&#34;.  In other words, the World Bank has been a great source of business revenue for the NGOs.

     
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		<title>Wrapping Up</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/07/21/wrapping-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 14:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[migration]]></category>
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    After four months in Bolivia, today is officially my last day and the next couple of days I will spend traveling back to my home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  It has certainly been an interesting time to be here.  I have witnessed the nationalization of gas, elections to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Cocalero</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/07/18/the-cocalero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cocaine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
    The Cocalero was born into a Quechua speaking family in the arid, rural valleys of Cochabamba, Bolivia.  At the age of 15, his father left his mother, with 10 children, for another woman.  Out of sheer necessity, his mother forced him to drop out of school to work full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Agronomist</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/07/06/the-agronomist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/07/06/the-agronomist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[neoliberalism]]></category>
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    The agronomist is content to have his job.  He spends an inordinate amount of time shuffling through papers, signing them or making sure they have the proper signatures (all 10 of them), and the rest of his time is spent visiting communities to work on a disintegrated mess of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organic Awakenings</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/05/01/organic-awakenings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 19:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
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    The world is waking up to the promise of organic.  Yes, the statistics are quoted quite often: an annual growth rate of 20%, and anticipated market of $30.7 billion by 2007 in the United States alone.  Organic is the fastest growing segment of the world food economy. 

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		<title>A Mixed Blessing</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/04/03/a-mixed-blessing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 13:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon-watershed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aquaculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chapare]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
    

     
    
    Last Thursday I traveled to several rural areas outside of the city of Cochabamba to attend a day-long training in aquaculture systems.



    &#160;Part of the training involved a trip to the Chapare, that part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Que Verguenza</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/30/que-verguenza/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/30/que-verguenza/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2006 16:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
    There is a fundamental difference between developed countries and the developing world.  First World countries have institutionalized a culture of entrepreneurship.&#160;

     

    This is not to say that developing countries are populated by people with less ambition and capacity, or an inferior work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pay Your Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/19/pay-your-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/19/pay-your-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  It seems to me that the new Morales government is working hard to make Bolivia a more independent nation. In May of 2003, when I left Bolivia after a three year stay, receipts and invoices were only given upon request. For most businesses, invoices and sales receipts were anathema. At the time, this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Foot Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/18/the-foot-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/03/18/the-foot-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>agroblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bolivia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
    Upon arriving in Cochabamba, one of the first things I notice is that the sidewalks are full. At mid-day, high school students congest the sidewalks, talking, laughing, flirting, and then walking off in smaller groups to some other destination.
    
    
    

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		<title>False Metrics</title>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/01/31/false-metrics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agroblogger.com/2006/01/31/false-metrics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 15:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[economic-growth]]></category>
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    The gospel of contemporary economic dogma is growth: growth in total exports, growth in GNP, growth in per capita income. Economic growth is at the heart of the neo-liberal agenda at home and abroad. We are made to believe that economic growth, spurred by nothing more than the further penetration of [...]]]></description>
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