Development policies and territorial planning: an analysis of the linkage of international agencies, government and non-government organizations and indigenous populations

ABSTRACT

In this article, we analyse how international capital, along with the local, provincial and national public administration, intervenes in indigenous territories and implement different public policies that differentially affect the local indigenous population.We initially analyse development policies implemented in countries of the so-called "Third World", and then turn to measures implemented in the Chaco Province. In this sense, we will investigate how the government agencies of the province intervene in territorial planning, favouring, in many cases, agricultural entrepreneurs. Finally, we describe a project financed by the World Bank called " Big North Development" which was implemented in the town of Pampa del Indio, located in the north of the province. We thus describe the links between international credit agencies, the Argentine national State, transnational entrepreneurs and the Qom ethnic population of Pampa del Indio.

KEYWORDS:
Politics; Development; Government; Organizations; Indigenous; Agribusiness