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Levinger, Beryl – Grassroots Development, 2002
A study examined how government agencies, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and community organizations in Latin America cooperate in development activities. A model outlines each sector's functions in service delivery, human resource development and training, resource mobilization, research, and public education; the stages of…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Garcia, Manuel Alcazar – Grassroots Development, 1999
A partnership of nongovernmental organizations developed a model of integrated community development centers (CDICs) to address the lack of services and affordable basic necessities in poor barrios surrounding many Latin American cities. A CDIC in a Guayaquil (Ecuador) barrio provides wholesale goods and credit to barrio shopkeepers and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Centers, Community Development, Community Education
Cruz, Rosamaria – Grassroots Development, 2003
In recent decades, rural Mayan women in Guatemala have been working to overcome long-standing disadvantages: illiteracy, poverty, lack of basic community services, and lack of respect for women's abilities and contributions. Profiles of 10 Mayan women describe their educational experiences and their community development work, particularly in the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Health Services, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Durbin, Paula – Grassroots Development, 2003
Examines how Inter-American Foundation's grantees in Argentina are coping with the country's economic crisis of 2001. Describes community development projects in Indigenous regions, the role of urban schools as the only functioning public institution providing human services, literacy education in Patagonia, job training and support for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Community Development, Economic Climate, Entrepreneurship