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Mining, unions and the Orinoco Mining Arc, deadly combination for the indigenous people of El Caura
News Article

Report on the relationship between violence, mining and indigenous peoples of the Caura river.

Beyond Growth and Development: Buen Vivir as an Alternative to Current Paradigms
Scientific Paper

2013 - English - Practical

Beyond Growth and Development: Buen Vivir as a…

Massimo Pallotino, Salvatore Monni


The aim of this paper is to investigate to what extent buen vivir ("good life"), Latin America’s new concept for collective well being, can be considered a way forward beyond current paradigms related to economic growth, development, ideology and state building.

Living the Good Life? : An Analysis of Ecuador's Plan Nacional Para el Buen Vivir Development Model as an Alternative to a Neoliberal Global Framework
Essay

2012 - English - Practical

Living the Good Life? : An Analysis of Ecuador…

Ryan Cobey


This thesis draws upon data collected from government documents and public interviews to examine how Ecuador’s new model challenges neoliberalism in three specific areas: development, environment and culture.

Scaling up Buen Vivir: Globalizing Local Environmental Governance from Ecuador
Scientific Paper

2014 - English - Practical

Scaling up Buen Vivir: Globalizing Local Envir…

Craig M. Kauffman, Pamela L. Martin


This article takes a closer look at Buen Vivir in Ecuador in regards to environmental governance.

Social Enterprises for Development as Buen Vivir
Scientific Paper

2012 - English - Practical

Social Enterprises for Development as Buen Viv…

Michela Giovannini


The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual overview of linkages between buen vivir and social enterprise as emerging from a review of the literature regarding indigenous development approaches in Latin America.

Development Alternatives in Bolivia: The Impulse, the Resistance, and the Restoration
Scientific Paper

2016 - English - Practical

Development Alternatives in Bolivia: The Impul…

Eduardo Gudynas


This article looks at Buen Vivir in Bolivia in its recent political context.

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