[Ghrcmail] TODAY--Sustainable Human Development Series continues

[Daren Wade]

Please join us today!

"A Return to Radical Land Reform: Explaining Divergent Development Policies 
in Bolivia and Peru"

   Wednesday, February 28th, 12.30-2.00 pm
   Parrington Forum (Room 309)

In recent years, Bolivia has diverged significantly from its neighbor Peru 
in many development policies. A particularly significant policy is its 
redistributive land reforms, promised by  President Morales. Meanwhile, Peru 
continues to promote a hyper  neo-liberal model of development, focusing on 
liberalizing markets and creating land markets. Why have the two countries 
diverged so much?

Students form the International Development Certificate Program will argue 
that this divergence in policies cannot be explained through geographical 
differences or economic performance. Instead, the key is to understand the 
rise of indigenous/rural organizing in Bolivia and its relative absence in 
Peru. The significant civic and
political space for action in Bolivia of therural sector is a result of 
extremely disruptive neo-liberal reforms that the Bolivian state could not 
implement. Whereas Peru also introduced deep neo-liberal reforms, the rise 
of Fujimori and the intensification of the war on the Shining Path enabled 
the state to continue to marginalize the
rural voice and deny them civic and political space for action. The talk 
will also explore what lessons the Bolivian case teaches us
about pro-rural poor development policies and whether redistributive reforms 
are viable  today.

Presenters: Stephanie Celt, Nicole Caven, Max Gasteen, Brian Gay, Jacquie 
Hansen, Brendan Impson, and  Amy Webb (all IDCP)
Sponsored by the Marc Lindenberg Center in conjunction with the 
International Development Certificate Program.

 Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development 
and Global Citizenship

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