Author(s): Edited by Malayna Raftopoulos and Radosław Powęska

Published by: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

Contemporary development debates in Latin America are marked by the pursuit of economic growth, technological improvement and poverty reduction, and are overshadowed by growing concerns about the preservation of the environment and human rights.

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By Martin Mowforth

Published by Pluto Press

This book examines the failure of ‘development’ in Central America, where despite billions of dollars of development funding and positive indicators of economic growth, poverty remains entrenched and violence endemic.

The whole idea of development as it is imposed by transnational corporations and promoted by both First World and Third World governments is questioned.

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By Martin Mowforth

Published by the Catholic Institute for International Relations (now Progressio), 2001

In late 1998 Hurricanes Georges and Mitch struck the Caribbean and Central America causing massive loss of life and wreaking chaos in agriculture, housing and infrastructure.

This book describes the impact of the two disasters and the responses of governments, civil organisations and local communities.

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