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Variable Education Exposure And Cognitive Task Performance Among The Tsimane, Forager-Horticulturalists., Helen Elizabeth Davis
Variable Education Exposure And Cognitive Task Performance Among The Tsimane, Forager-Horticulturalists., Helen Elizabeth Davis
Anthropology ETDs
At present, we know very little about the transition from traditional learning skills to models of standardized learning, and how it can influence the way one understands and solves problems. This research will examine cognitive performance and the factors affecting variation across communities and between individuals as it changes with age. The objective of this dissertation is to measure cognitive performance among children between 8 and 18 years of age exposed to variable levels of formal schooling in order to investigate three main research questions: (1) Whether exposure to schooling and increased performance in school-based abilities, such as math and …
Controversial Highway A Step Closer In Bolivia, Andrés Gaudín
Controversial Highway A Step Closer In Bolivia, Andrés Gaudín
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
This article provides information about the indigenous consultation process undertaken by the Bolivian government with regards to the TIPNIS highway project. It officially concluded on December 9, 2012. The article looks at the democratic nature of the process, the constraining conditions that arose as a result of the consultation, and the actors involved, specifically those opposed to the project.
Module 2: Greenhouse Gas Effect - Project: Training Educators For The Development Of Educational Activities On Climate Change, Miguel Fernández F., Iris Guzmán O., Tania Vázquez V., Ana María Michel V., Gladys Rojas P., Noelia Cerruto T., Juan Carlos Parra B., Marcelo Torrez S.
Module 2: Greenhouse Gas Effect - Project: Training Educators For The Development Of Educational Activities On Climate Change, Miguel Fernández F., Iris Guzmán O., Tania Vázquez V., Ana María Michel V., Gladys Rojas P., Noelia Cerruto T., Juan Carlos Parra B., Marcelo Torrez S.
Educational Materials on Latin American Energy
This document provides detailed information and an explanation of the Greenhouse Gas Effect and its associated cycles.
Electric Energy In Bolivia, Instituto Boliviano De Comercio Exterior
Electric Energy In Bolivia, Instituto Boliviano De Comercio Exterior
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This document contrasts energy production and consumption in Bolivia in 2011 up until July 2012. It also breaks down the energy generation capacity of various hydroelectric and thermoelectric plants in the country in 2011. Finally, it compares energy consumption in different regions in 2010 and 2011.
What Is Behind Bolivia's Latest Energy Sector Nationalization?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
What Is Behind Bolivia's Latest Energy Sector Nationalization?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Bolivian President Evo Morales on May 1 seized the local unit of Spain's Red Eléctrica, the owner of approximately 85 percent of the South American country's power grid. Morales alleged that only $81 million had been invested in the country's power grid since it was privatized in 1997, while Spain's ambassador to Bolivia, Ramon Santos, said the takeover sends ""a negative message that generates distrust,"" the Associated Press reported. Will the state be able to effectively take control of the electrical grid? Is the nationalization a good thing for the Bolivian power sector and will it lead to increased investment? …
Bolivia: International Solidarity With The Ninth Indigenous March In Defense Of Tipnis, Diego Lerma
Bolivia: International Solidarity With The Ninth Indigenous March In Defense Of Tipnis, Diego Lerma
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This article discusses the indigenous solidarity march that took place at the end of April 2012 in support of the Bolivian indigenous community's protests against the construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos highway through the Indigenous Territory and the Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS).
Bolivia: Cidob Defines Seven Demands For March, Diego Lerma
Bolivia: Cidob Defines Seven Demands For March, Diego Lerma
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This article outlines the seven demands made by the Bolivian Confederation of Indigenous Communities (CIDOB) for the ninth march to the capital of La Paz. The article also expresses Minister Álvaro García Linera's criticism of the march.
Bolivia To Prioritize Renewable Energy, Evwind
Bolivia To Prioritize Renewable Energy, Evwind
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This article summarizes the Bolivian government's plan to invest $40M dollars into renewable energy production. The goal is to ensure that 75% of the total power consumed is generated by renewable energy projects by 2015.
Is The Global Energy Map Shifting To The Western Hemisphere?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Is The Global Energy Map Shifting To The Western Hemisphere?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
For the first time since 1949, the United States exported more gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel last year than it imported, the Energy Department reported Feb 29, and imports of crude oil fell to a level not seen since 1995. Such advances in the United States, along with recent discoveries in Latin America of vast gas reserves in shale formations, subsalt oil deposits and renewable energy resources, have led some analysts argue that the global energy map is shifting from the Middle East to the Western Hemisphere. Is the ""world's oil map"" shifting away from the Middle East? What …
Tension Continues Between Bolivian President Evo Morales And Native People, Andrés Gaudín
Tension Continues Between Bolivian President Evo Morales And Native People, Andrés Gaudín
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
The appearance of pockets of the Bolivian indigenous population who are withdrawing the support that they have always given the administration of President Evo Morales has given the political right some cause for celebration. After six years in the opposition, the old structures that historically dominated and led the country have been unable to reinvent themselves, to create a new party, or to generate a program capable of attracting citizens and presenting itself as a valid alternative to the governing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS). But the emergence of indigenous leaders who, for various reasons, broke with their former leader is …
Which Factors Are Shaping Lng Markets In The Americas?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Which Factors Are Shaping Lng Markets In The Americas?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Only 19 percent of Trinidad and Tobago's liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports went to the United States in 2011, down from 89 percent of LNG exports in 2005, the country's government said in January. What factors are most shaping the LNG market this year in the Caribbean and elsewhere in the Latin America? What is the mid- and long-term outlook for LNG, a commodity in which companies and countries of the Americas have invested significant sums of money?
Are Bolivia's Plans For Its Oil Sector Overly Ambitious?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Are Bolivia's Plans For Its Oil Sector Overly Ambitious?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Bolivia's state-run energy company, YPFB, has said that it expects investment in the country's oil and gas sector to reach $2 billion in 2012, nearly doubling this year's record of $1.2 billion. While 64 percent will come from YPFB, the company expects the rest to come from the private sector. Is Bolivia's push to increase exploration, supply the domestic market and meet its contracts with Brazil and Argentina overly ambitious or does the state have the right plans in place? How important are hydrocarbons for the future of the Bolivian economy? What is the government doing right to promote private …
The Structure Of Energy Production And Redistribution Among Tsimane' Forager-Horticulturalists, Paul L. Hooper
The Structure Of Energy Production And Redistribution Among Tsimane' Forager-Horticulturalists, Paul L. Hooper
Anthropology ETDs
This dissertation constitutes an integrated analysis of the Tsimane' economic subsistence system. Its analyses are guided by a body of evolutionary theory which posits that life history traits, the structure of social relationships, and nature of economic production co-evolve in patterned and predictable ways. This theory specifically suggests that, for humans, the returns to embodied capital development and declines in reproductive efficiency late in life interact to produce: prolonged development, extended lifespan, menopause, and a predominantly downward three-generational system of energetic provisioning. The current analyses of Tsimane' work effort, production, and transfers are consistent with this theory in the following …
Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín
Proposed Highway Pits Bolivia's Indigenous Against Each Other And President Evo Morales, Andrés Gaudín
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Native peoples from the Bolivian Amazonia—the lowlands—who do not feel represented by President Evo Morales are staging a prolonged protest against the construction of a highway through a natural park that is also their ancestral habitat. On Aug. 15, they began a more than 600 km march to La Paz, the capital, planning to arrive in the second half of October. They will meet directly with Morales, who is also indigenous and the first head of state to receive an indigenous delegation at the Palacio Quemado, the seat of government.
Will Conflict Over Energy Sector Development Increase?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Will Conflict Over Energy Sector Development Increase?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Last month, Per's Congress unanimously approved a landmark law that requires companies to consult with indigenous communities before beginning infrastructure, energy and mining projects on their territories, which is intended to help mitigate social conflicts that have threatened to derail billions of dollars in investment. Meanwhile, hundreds of indigenous people are leading a 526-kilometer march in Bolivia as a show of opposition to the construction of a highway being built through indigenous territory. As indigenous communities in the Andes become increasingly vocal in opposition to development plans, are their protests having a significant effect? Does their increasing clout threaten to …
Can Latin America Capitalize On Oil Wealth In The Long Term?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Can Latin America Capitalize On Oil Wealth In The Long Term?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Venezuela holds some 85 percent of Latin America's crude oil reserves, and the region overall has the world's second-largest oil reserves after the Middle East, according to figures presented by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) at a two-day seminar earlier this month in Quito. Looking ahead 20 years, what are the geopolitical implications of Latin America's vast hydrocarbon resources? What energy trends will shape the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean in the long term, and how can the countries of Latin America best capitalize on energy wealth in the global environment moving ahead? Can Latin America avoid …
Will A New Bureau Lead To Better Regional Energy Policy?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Will A New Bureau Lead To Better Regional Energy Policy?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
After stepping down as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Carlos Pascual was appointed in May as the State Department's special envoy and coordinator for international energy affairs. He will be tasked with designing and establishing a new Bureau for Energy Resources to unify energy diplomacy within the State Department. Will the creation of the new bureau lead to better energy policy and collaboration in the Americas? What energy issues in the region should the U.S. government be focusing on? What are some potential areas of conflict or disagreement between U.S. energy priorities and the interests of countries in Latin America …
Should The Bolivian Government Have Ended Fuel Subsidies?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Should The Bolivian Government Have Ended Fuel Subsidies?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
On Dec. 26, Bolivian President Evo Morales issued a decree canceling heavy subsidies on gasoline and diesel fuel, citing the heavy preponderance of fuel smuggling across the border, and thus triggered a rise in fuel prices by more than 70 percent. The change was met with widespread protests, riots and a national transport strike. Morales reversed his decision on Dec. 31. Should Morales have ended fuel subsidies in Bolivia? What are the political ramifications for the move and its subsequent reversal? What else can the government do about widespread fuel smuggling? Is the government likely to cut subsidies in the …
Bolivia's Lithium Possibly To Be Purchased And Used In Battery Production And Industry In Spain, La Prensa
Bolivia's Lithium Possibly To Be Purchased And Used In Battery Production And Industry In Spain, La Prensa
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This article discusses the Mitsubishi-GS Yuasa group's plans to implement a lithium battery plant in Spain utilizing lithium resources from Bolivia.
President Evo Morales Insists That Lithium Reserves Benefit Bolivians, Andres Gaudin
President Evo Morales Insists That Lithium Reserves Benefit Bolivians, Andres Gaudin
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Historians agree that the pillaging of Bolivia's enormous mineral riches, since the 15th century Spanish colonial period, has been the determinant factor in the country's poverty and dependency. Bolivian President Evo Morales agrees with those assessments and says that what happened during the past five centuries with silver, gold, tin, antimony, bismuth, tungsten, copper, lead, zinc, gas, and iron, among other natural resources, will not happen this time with lithium. "We want to send a clear message to the industrialized countries and their businesses: all investments are welcome, but they should understand that we have learned from history and we …
Cancún Summit On Global Climate Change A Success Or Failure, Depending On Whom You Ask, Carlos Navarro
Cancún Summit On Global Climate Change A Success Or Failure, Depending On Whom You Ask, Carlos Navarro
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Depending on whom you ask, the UN conference on climate change in Cancún, Mexico, on Nov. 29-Dec. 11, 2010, was a total failure or a step in the right direction to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, generally thought to be responsible for the warming of the Earth's atmosphere. The Cancún gathering was also known as COP16—-an abbreviation for the sixteenth edition of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Those who viewed the results of COP16 with the "glass-is-half-full" premise included the host of the gathering, Mexican President Felipe Calderón, who said the agreements reached …
What Will 2011 Bring For Latin America's Energy Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
What Will 2011 Bring For Latin America's Energy Sector?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
The major news stories in Latin America's energy sector last year included the development of Brazil's offshore reserves and Petrobas' record-breaking share sale, the dramatic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the discovery of Argentina's largest gas find in 35 years, the continued decline in Venezuelan oil production and a significant drop in Bolivia's proven gas reserves. Which stories will make headlines in the Latin American energy sector in 2011? What trends should policy makers and business leaders be on the lookout for? Will the region's energy sector see any surprises? Experts discuss what they think about this topic.
Challenges Of Designing An Optimal Petroleum Fiscal Model In Latin America, Roger Tissot
Challenges Of Designing An Optimal Petroleum Fiscal Model In Latin America, Roger Tissot
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This article traces the recent history of petroleum fiscal models throughout Latin America, including market-oriented models to state corporatism models based on resource nationalism.
Energy Conflicts: A Growing Concern In Latin America, Patricia I. Vásquez
Energy Conflicts: A Growing Concern In Latin America, Patricia I. Vásquez
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
This article discusses how the implementation of energy projects has spurred conflict throughout Latin America over the past decade. The article states that there are two underlying factors that trigger such conflicts: economic inequality and weak state management of the revenue being generated by extractive industries. Based on this premise, the article explores a variety of conflicts , including geopolitical and border conflicts at the regional level, revenue conflicts at the national level, and local conflicts.
How Widespread Is Oil And Electricity Theft In Latin America?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
How Widespread Is Oil And Electricity Theft In Latin America?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor
Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports
Last month, a ruptured pipeline in northern Colombia spilled 20,000 gallons of fuel into the Caribbean Sea and created a localized environmental emergency. Authorities allege that the spill was caused by a failed criminal attempt to siphon oil from the pipeline. How big of a problem is the theft of oil, fuels and electricity in Latin American and Caribbean countries? In which countries is the situation most critical? What types of entities are behind the theft, and what policies and practices should be implemented to stop this type of criminal activity?
Bolivia: Corruption And Errors In Petroleum Contracts Hinders Nationalization Of Natural Gas, Notisur Writers
Bolivia: Corruption And Errors In Petroleum Contracts Hinders Nationalization Of Natural Gas, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Bolivian President Evo Morales has reacted angrily to revelations that there was corruption among members of his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) in the setup of contracts to extract the country's large natural-gas reserves. Legislators from the conservative opposition party Poder Democratico y Social (Podemos) have been raising significant criticisms regarding errors in natural-gas contracts arranged by the Morales administration. The controversy, which has bogged down the nationalization of Bolivia's natural-gas resources, led to the firing of the head of the state petroleum company.
South American Leaders Propose Massive Trans-Amazonian Gas Pipeline From Venezuela Through Brazil And Argentina, Notisur Writers
South American Leaders Propose Massive Trans-Amazonian Gas Pipeline From Venezuela Through Brazil And Argentina, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has pledged to build a natural-gas pipeline that would stretch from his country to Argentina. He has met with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to begin a preliminary-planning process for the megapipeline, although energy-industry analysts have expressed doubts about the economic viability of such a gigantic project and environmental groups have fears that its construction would damage the Amazonian ecosystem. The project would run between 8,000 km and 10,000 km and would supposedly require an investment of US$20 billion, though cost estimates have varied widely.
Five Southern Cone Countries Form "Energy Ring" To Integrate Natural Gas Network, Notisur Writers
Five Southern Cone Countries Form "Energy Ring" To Integrate Natural Gas Network, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Countries in the Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) have proposed an "energy ring" that would distribute natural gas through a gas line network that would connect five countries. The project is slated to be completed by 2007 and represents an effort to alleviate the shortages of natural gas that have been aggravating citizens and businesses in the region. Although Bolivia, the continent's second-largest holder of natural gas reserves, is not currently included in the energy ring, the current government in La Paz has made efforts to keep future partnerships open.
Bolivia Gets Brazil To Agree To Pay Higher Prices For Natural Gas, Notisur Writers
Bolivia Gets Brazil To Agree To Pay Higher Prices For Natural Gas, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Bolivian President Evo Morales has successfully negotiated a commitment from the Brazilian government to pay higher prices for the natural gas it imports from Bolivia. Negotiations had been a long-term strain between the two neighbors, with Brazil's state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) seeking to maintain lower purchase rates as it bought Bolivia's ample natural-gas resources. The announcement of the higher price helped Morales somewhat in domestic politics, with his administration's party the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) facing corruption allegations and allegations of bungling negotiations of the gas-extraction contracts with foreign petroleum companies.
Bolivia And Brazil Inaugurate Gas Pipeline, Notisur Writers
Bolivia And Brazil Inaugurate Gas Pipeline, Notisur Writers
NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America
Bolivian President Hugo Banzer and Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso inaugurated Latin America's longest natural-gas pipeline Feb. 9. The binational pipeline, completed at a cost of US$2 billion after decades of arduous negotiations, is considered crucial to developing Bolivia's mostly untapped gas reserves and to supplying the ever increasing energy demands of Brazilian industry.