How Long to Read Mapping Colombia

How Long Does it Take to Read Mapping Colombia?

It takes the average reader and 54 minutes to read Mapping Colombia by Geoffrey Demarest

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

For the past 2 years, the Strategic Studies Institute and the North-South Center have engaged in an effort to bring creative thinking and analysis to the most challenging security problem in the Americas, the multifaceted conflicts in Colombia. This monograph by Dr. Geoffrey Demarest looks at an important issue, property rights, as bearing directly on the inability of Colombia to assert authority over its entire territory as well as to implement the social agenda of Plan Colombia. The author appropriately cites the much-discussed latest work of Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital. The Peruvian economist makes a strong case that development in less developed countries does not take place, in large measure, not because the poor lack assets but because without recognized property rights they are unable to mobilize them. In Haiti alone, says de Soto, "the poorest nation in Latin America, the total assets of the poor are more than one hundred fifty times greater than all the foreign investment received since Haiti's independence from France in 1804." In Colombia, Demarest points out in detail, large areas of the country are not even mapped. The implications, he points out, are enormous in terms of the government's ability to deal with criminality as well as its ability to offer alternative development to combat reliance of the campesinos on coca cultivation. As for the support of Plan Colombia by the U.S. Government, he makes the case that such aid and the planning for it cannot properly be made in the absence of adequate information concerning property ownership and use.

How long is Mapping Colombia?

Mapping Colombia by Geoffrey Demarest is 54 pages long, and a total of 13,716 words.

This makes it 18% the length of the average book. It also has 17% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mapping Colombia Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 14 minutes to read Mapping Colombia aloud.

What Reading Level is Mapping Colombia?

Mapping Colombia is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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