I am writing articles on democracy in Ecuador to submit to a number of journals.  The articles focuses on the relationship between democracy promotion programs of international development agencies on the one hand and local municipal governments’ processes for citizen participation, on the other.  My field research in Ecuador has involved fieldnotes, interviews, collection of written materials such as organizational reports, brochures, etc.    I hope to be doing more interviews with development agencies in Washington, DC.   I am also submitting several funding proposals.

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Student Tasks and Responsibilities: Literature review of Andean ethnography and development studies; research on democracy promotion programs of international development agencies, including searching websites, brochures, and other documentation; following of news reports of the current events through on-line Ecuadorian periodicals (Spanish); transcribing interviews.