| By P. Ospina, A. Bebbington, P. Hollenstein, I. Nussbaum, E. Ramírez | Published in World Development, 73: 32-43 | | Full text (PDF) | Summary: A growing number of extraterritorial private-sector actors, often in partnership with the state, are expanding the frontiers of extractive and primary export economies to new rural territories in Latin America. This […]
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The endogenous scholar: porous boundaries and travelling ideas in development
| By Anthony Bebbington | Published by Third World Quarterly Vol. 35, No. 3, 520–523 | | Full text (PDF) |
El Estado Compensador peruano y la persistencia del modelo neo-extractivista: seis hipótesis sobre el (no-) cambio institucional
| By Bebbington, M. Scurrah, A. Chaparro | Published by Debate Agrario 46 | | Full text (PDF) |
The rural transformation
| By J. Berdegué, T. Rosada, and A. Bebbington | Published in International Development: Ideas, Experience and Prospects, pp. 463-478. Edited by B. Currie-Alder, R. Kanbur, D. Malone, and R. Medhora. Oxford: Oxford University Press. | Abstract: This chapter discusses the rural transformation, a process of comprehensive societal change whereby rural societies diversify their economies and reduce […]
Evaluating the effects of common-pool resource institutions and market forces on species richness and forest cover in Ecuadorian indigenous Kichwa communities
| By J. Oldekop, A. Bebbington, K. Hennermann, J. McMorrow, D.A. Springate, B. Torres, N.Truelove, N. Tysklind, S. Villamarín and R. Preziosi | Published by Conversation Letters | Abstract: We compare conservation outcomes between a protected area (PA) and four indigenous common-property regimes (CPRs) under differing degrees of market integration in the Ecuadorian Amazon. We first assess […]
Extractive industries and stunted states: conflict, responsibility and institutional change in the Andes
| By Anthony Bebbington | Published in Corporate Social Responsibility: Discourses, Practices and Perspectives, pp. 97-115. Edited by R. Raman. London: Palgrave MacMillan. | | Full text (PDF) | Excerpt: In this chapter I reflect on ways of interpreting programmes of corporate social responsibility in the extractive industries sector. By extractive industries I am referring to economic […]
Social Movements and Poverty in Developing Countries
| By Anthony Bebbington | UNRISD Civil Society and Social Movements Programme Paper Number 32, October 2010. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development: Geneva | | Official website and full text | Summary: Poverty and inequality are both products and producers of the prevailing relationships of power in a society. By many definitions, social movements are […]
Understanding the lessons and limitations of conservation and development
| By J.Oldekop, A. Bebbington, D. Brockington, R. Preziosi | Conservation Biology 24(2): 461-469 | Abstract: The lack of concrete instances in which conservation and development have been successfully merged has strengthened arguments for strict exclusionist conservation policies. Research has focused more on social cooperation and conflict of different management regimes and less on how these factors actually […]
Development: Social capital
| By Anthony Bebbington | Published in the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, pp 165-170. Edited by N. Thrift and R. Kitchin. Oxford: Elsevier. | Abstract: The concept of social capital generally refers to the assets that reside within social actors’ relationships. These assets are understood as constituting an important part of people’s identities, livelihood and political strategies, […]
Institutional challenges for mining and sustainability in Peru
| By A. Bebbington and J. Bury | Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106:17296-17301 | | Official website and full text | Abstract: Global consumption continues to generate growth in mining. In lesser developed economies, this growth offers the potential to generate new resources for development, but also creates challenges to […]