Listening to people: local perspectives on mining child labour and community development in Cerro Rico - Bolivia

2012

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder 2012 This study explores community development from below in Cerro Rico mining community taking child labour as a start point for analysis. The investigation aims to generate knowledge about the potential of the community to generate a socially inclusive, equitable, and sustainable process of development from within the community. At the same time, it seeks to refine the understanding of child labour in this context. Development trends have paid more attention to the local cultures and indigenous knowledge in recent decades. Alternative development conceives the social forces as the main drivers for development where the community…