foreign development

Panama Hats

26 May, 2009 | Louise Guénette

An order for Panama hats can trigger a weaving frenzy among the 54 members of Ecuador’s Chordeleg Agricultural Craft Centre (CACH). If the request is large enough, every member’s mother, sister, daughter and neighbour starts weaving the fedora-like hats. Made from toquilla straw, the centuries-old Ecuadorean head coverings carry the name of the country from where they were once shipped to Europe.

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Mining Dilemma

26 May, 2009 | Saleem H. Ali

Natural resources are often the most elemental means of livelihood for the world’s poorest populations. When all else fails, people look to the land to either grow their subsistence or to find whatever wealth it can offer. Small-scale miners are regularly driven to dig the earth due to economic pressures and an elusive promise of treasures. ...

Published in: Size Matters 35.1
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