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Allred, Timothy F. – Grassroots Development, 1998
Documents the transformation of a subsidized international development project into a for-profit "environmental enterprise," an ecological business run by and for small-scale fishermen on Colombia's Caribbean coast. Demonstrates the need for development projects to become businesses and the critical role of social investments (literacy…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Cooperatives
Healy, Kevin – Grassroots Development, 1991
Describes Capacitacion Integral de la Mujer Campesina (CIMCA) development efforts within Bolivian farm communities. Describes CIMCA's focus on social change, ethnic empowerment, and women's rights. Describes organization's initial clashes with rural culture. Describes use of rotafolio drawings to spark workshop discussions, to improve women's…
Descriptors: Adult Farmer Education, Cartoons, Community Development, Culture Conflict