Peasant federations and rural development policies in the Andes

Moving from sustainable management to sustainable governance of natural resources: The role of social learning processes in rural India, Bolivia and Mali

“…Within the context of natural resources, more intense interaction between the actors involved has proven to be closely related to a more reflexive construction or renewal of personal and collective identities (Carroll and Bebbington, 2000;Goodwin, 1998;Marsden and Jonathan, 1998;Mayo, 2000). In terms of social action, this contributes to a more reflexive relation to the basic patterns of interpretation involved in shaping the relationship between humans and nature.…”

Investigating the influence of social costs and benefits of environmental policies through social capital theory

“…A final component refers to the activation of citizens in the context of social networks. This parameter was initially identified in the studies of Bourdieu (1986) and refers to the involvement of individuals both in formal and informal social groups and the connections between actors Krishna and Shrader 2002;van Oorschot et al 2006;Broadbent 2000;Carroll and Bebbington 2000;Chen 2000). The above components may present significant interconnections between them with the most indicative examples being the influence of social trust on the density of social networks (e.g.…”

NGOs and the Democratization of Ecuadorian Water Governance: Insights from the Multi-Stakeholder Platform el Foro de los Recursos Hídricos

“…As is exposed below, these changes brought about an increased involvement of the third sector in Ecuadorian water governance. Although the involvement of the third sector increased above all at irrigation system level, it was also involved in efforts to up-scale water users representation and participation at regional, provincial and national levels (see Hoogesteger 2014;Andolina 2012;Carroll and Bebbington 2001). In this contribution, I focus specifically on the increased involvement of NGOs and user based federations in the Ecuadorian national policy domain as is explained below.…”

“…In this context, the Ecuadorian government greatly facilitated and applauded the activities of international donors and development Voluntas (2016) 27:166-186 173 NGOs in the country. As a result the World Bank, the Dutch-based Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (COSUDE), the American CARE foundation and other international funding agencies and NGOs found fertile grounds to advance their interests in the poverty stricken Ecuadorian Andes (Andolina et al 2009;Carroll and Bebbington 2001). They did so by financing and collaborating with national NGOs that actively engaged in the irrigation sector such as the Ecuadorian Central for Agricultural Services (CESA), the Institute of Ecology and Development of the Andean Communities (IEDECA), the Ecuadorian Fund Populorium Progressio (FEPP) and others which established the basis for the creation and consolidation of the WRF as is explored below.…”