Re: microfinance and fisheries

2007-09-11 Thread rfriedmann
Ruba Your note reminded me of a joke about a World Bank functionaire who appalled at seeing?a Mexican fisherman?snoozing under a palapa?for most of the week, admonishes the fisherman?to get up, get a loan, buy a bigger boat and go fishing full-time instead of being unproductive so that after 2

microfinance and fisheries

2007-09-11 Thread Ruba Marshood
Hi All, Wondering if you have any ideas or have information on any microfinance programs designed to assist impoverished fishing communities to develop sustainable practices - whether that entail building their voice in their local political arena, or to develop opportunities for livelihood transi

FDI and Sustainable Development in Mexico

2007-09-11 Thread Kevin Gallagher
* The Enclave Economy: Foreign Investment and Sustainable Development in Mexico’s Silicon Valley* By Kevin P. Gallagher and Lyuba Zarsky MIT Press, 214 pages, September 2007: $21.00/£13.95 (PAPER) Foreign investment has been widely presented as a panacea for developing countries, a way to crea

Re: International sources of US domestic climate policy

2007-09-11 Thread Raul Pacheco
TJ, Mike and fellow GEP-ED colleagues, At the past Canadian Political Science Association, Kathy Harrison and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom presented a paper on the comparative politics of climate change. I seem to recall that they referred to some work that looked at the international influences on

Re: International sources of US domestic climate policy

2007-09-11 Thread Michael Maniates
Hello all, Just to piggyback on TJ's email below. I'm working with him a bit on his project, which is meant to explore the relative impact (or lack thereof) of international opinion/action on political perception and public opinion re: climate change here in the United States. We've not ide