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Global and regional pressures exerted on Central American governments

13th June 201913th June 2019 Chapter 1 / Global Pressures

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Chapter 1

    • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Measuring Development
    • Definitions: GDP, GNP, HDI & HPI
    • Central American Populations
    • Population Growth Rates Central America
    • Average annual population growth rate, Central America and comparisons
    • Selected indicators of development, Central America
  • Environmentalism
    • Environmentalism, the water melon theory and the violence of development
    • Environmentalism and the campesino movement
    • Guatemala paralyzed by campesino road blocks
    • The ups and downs of Costa Rica’s environment
  • ENCA
    • The Environmental Network for Central America (ENCA)
  • Global Pressures
    • Global pressures on Central America
    • ‘Panama’s Atlantic Conquest – Columbus’s Project Continued’
    • La Conquista del Atlántico – la Continuación del Proyecto de Cristobal Colón
    • Global and regional pressures exerted on Central American governments
    • State of the world — Poverty is Everywhere
  • Time Scale
    • Time scale
  • Structure of Book
    • Structure of the book and associated website
  • Appendix
    • A note about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
    • The UN’s Millenium Development Goals – summary
    • The UN’s Millenium Development Goals – in full
    • Sustainable Development Goals

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