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Latin American indigenous movements in the context of globalisation
Global Policy Forum, 2004This paper addresses the impact of recent globalisation trends on indigenous Latin America. It particularly focuses on the effects on autonomy, control over natural resources, and displacement.DocumentGirls in mining: research findings from Ghana, Niger, Peru and United Republic of Tanzania
International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2007In the small-scale mining industry little is understood about the roles and activities of girls and the effect that this has on their lives and livelihoods. The issue of girl child labour in mining is largely unknown, it is often not fully recognized by the law, and missed by the intervention services and the media.DocumentFair trade in forest products: policy lessons
Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 2008This paper examines the contribution that fair trade schemes in forestry products make to eradicate poverty. It considers the wider impacts on the local economy and explores successes, difficulties and limitations based on two case studies, a Peruvian nut collector and an Ecuadorian cocoa exporter.DocumentPeople and animals. Traditional livestock keepers: guardians of domestic animal diversity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007The present variety of farm animal species and breeds is the result of centuries of local knowledge-based selection by traditional livestock keepers. However, domestic animal diversity is being lost at an alarming rate as local livestock breeds are crossed or replaced with higher-yielding animals.DocumentPeru: the kingdom of the NGO?
Fride, 2008The Paris Declaration (PD) was long overdue. The predominance of conditionality in the aid environment has been harmful in its impeding of internal state building; its insistence on specific economic programming and its forceful accountability of those in public office.DocumentDelivering health services in fragile states and difficult environments: 13 key principles
Health Unlimited, 2007This report by Health Unlimited draws out key policy recommendations and operational implications for stakeholders involved in delivering health services in fragile states and difficult environments.DocumentFamily planning policies and their impacts on the poor: Peru’s experience
Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2007This paper examines the policies that Peru’s Ministry of Health has developed and implemented to promote access to family planning for all, and how these policies have affected contraceptive use and access to services in particular amongst poor people.DocumentClimate testimonies: voices from communities affected by climate change
Friends of the Earth International, 2007This report presents nine stories about the impact of climate change from different countries around the world. These case studies chronicle specific impacts and provide testimonies of local community members who have dramatic first-hand experience of devastating climate events.DocumentUnderstanding ethnic identification in Peru
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008While prejudice against indigenous Peruvians is an unmistakable reality, it is hard to determine the nature of ethnic identity. There is no clear relationship in Peru between ethnic identity and markers of language or race. There is therefore little mobilisation along ethnic grounds compared to Bolivia, Ecuador and Guatemala – countries with similar histories.