%0 Journal Article
%T International Development¡¯s Hidden Agenda: Towards a Latent Modernization of ¡°Traditional¡± Societies
%A Juan David G¨®mez-Quintero
%A Chaime Marcuello-Serv¨®s
%A Maria Luisa Sierra Huedo
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 1
%N 8
%P 1-11
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2014
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1100870
%X This paper examines the existence
of a hidden agenda in international development <i>i.e. </i>a group of latent ideas to promote social change in ¡°traditional¡±
societies. The arguments to support and analyse this proposal come from
empirical work during several years and places, with special emphasis in
Colombian ethnic minorities who receive aid from European agencies. This main
idea focuses in three areas that are the part
of the development projects: gender equality, environmental awareness and
economic rationality. The transmission of a hidden agenda does not correspond
to any explicit intention of the foreign aid actors, but to the empowerment of
modern logic as the only possible way to establish ¡°adequate¡± social changes.<o:p></o:p>
%K Colombia
%K Hidden Agenda
%K Development
%K Modern Society
%K ¡°Traditional¡± Society
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/3102540