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James C. Jones, PhD—Married—U.S. Citizen
jonesjcz@gmail.com / +1-301-657-1604
Education:
• Certificate in Post-Conflict Strategies and Operations, USIP, Washington, D.C. 2009
• MS, Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLA 1981
• PhD, Social Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLA 1980
• BS, Mathematics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 1966
Skills and Expertise:
• Thematic Experience
- Democracy and governance
- Migration and refugees
- Conflict resolution /
Security
- Disarmament,
demobilization, and
reintegration (DDR)
- Labor relations
- Rural/regional development
- Small-farm agriculture
- Alternative livelihoods
- Conservation; biodiversity
- Education and training
- Ethnic rights / integration
• Operational Skills
- Informal, rapid surveys
- Institutional, cultural analysis
- Qualitative research
- Socioeconomic analysis
- Interviewing, focus groups
- Problem diagnosis, modeling
- Team management
- Verbal agility
- Public-private sector bridging
- Inter-ethnic communication
• Program Skills
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Results Framework design
- Results-based management
- Social soundness analysis
- Environmental assessment
- Strategy and design
- Implementation
Professional Experience:
• 1999-present; 1987-1997: Independent Consultant. Worked on wide range of development and
security issues in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the United States. Evaluated projects/programs,
often as team leader. Experience Countries include: Latin America and Caribbean: Colombia,
Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize,
Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, The
Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago. Africa: Nigeria, Liberia, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Zaire,
Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho. Asia: Laos, Afghanistan. See details below.
• 2002-2003: Research grant, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Impact of US
Colombia aid on (1) armed conflict and (2) drug control. Worked in US, Europe, Colombia, Ecuador,
Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Panama. Conducted interviews with members of the armed groups and
others related to the conflict, and with IDPs as well as refugees in the borderlands.
• 1997-1999: Latin America Regional Advisor to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC). Worked in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia with national governments and international
donors on rural development (Alternative Development) in service of drug control. Functioned as
public advocate for rural development as core drug-control strategy. Operated at political,
diplomatic, and technical levels, addressing institutional and policy issues. Worked in rebel-held
zones in Colombia. Position funded by German government.
• 1981-1987: Associate Director (Latin America), Farming Systems Support Project, U. of Florida.
Managed participatory training and trouble-shooting on small-farm agricultural projects. Led
multidisciplinary teams.
Experience by Region:
Latin America-Caribbean
2014-2016, Multiple Central American Countries, USG—served as Senior Technical Advisor/Subject
Matter Expert on team to (1) develop monitoring framework for INL programs (U.S. Department of
State) under Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) and to (2) conduct mid-term and
summative evaluations of INCLE-funded programs that are part of CARSI.
2014-2015, Honduras, USG—served as de facto Team Leader and Expert in conducting post hoc
performance evaluation of efforts of State Department’s Conflict and Stabilization Operations
over two years to address destabilizing violence in Honduras, with world’s highest murder rate.
2014-2015, Venezuela, Consultant, USG—Served as Senior Program Development Specialist for
Venezuela Participation Project (aim: to enhance democratic governance in Venezuela).
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2013-2015, Multiple Caribbean Countries, USG—Co-led team to (1) develop monitoring framework
for INL programs (U.S. Department of State) under Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) and (2)
conduct mid-term and summative evaluations of INCLE-funded programs that are part of CBSI.
2013, Colombia, Consultant, USG—Led team conducting performance evaluation of US support to
program “Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) of Armed Combatants.” Managed bi-
national evaluation team, interviewed combatants and other stakeholders, and drafted final report.
2011, Brazil, Consultant, UNODC/Brazilian Government—Led final evaluation of UN support to
anti-corruption. Interviewed stakeholders, reviewed documents, prepared Results Framework for final
report.
2010-2011, Ecuador, Consultant, USG—Led multi-agency (State, Pentagon, DEA, USAID, Homeland
Security) effort (1207 Program) to develop initial M&E plan, with PMP and indicators, for project to
integrate security and development along Ecuador’s volatile northern border with Colombia. Prepared
Results Framework as guide. Drafted report.
2008-2009, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Panama, Consultant, Open Society Institute (OSI)—Assessed
Transparency and Accountability Subprogram (Anti-corruption, Decentralization, Freedom of
Information, Media Surveillance, Budget Monitoring) for OSI’s Latin America Democracy and
Governance Program. Perused documents, conducted stakeholder interviews, in target countries and in
Washington, and made recommendations to OSI. Prepared final report.
2007, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Consultant, EU/GTZ/FAO—Conducted research to “mainstream” rural
development as drug-control tool. Advised and prepared report.
2004, Dominican Republic, Belize, Panama, Nicaragua, Consultant, ILO/US Department of Labor
—Led team evaluating RELACENTRO project to improve labor relations in context of democracy-
strengthening. Reviewed documents, conducted interviews, and drafted final report.
2003-2004, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Consultant, UNODC—Researched state of knowledge on
Alternative Development (Alternative Livelihoods), or use of development as a drug-control tool.
Perused documents prepared by diverse donors, conducted stakeholder interviews, and directed case
study in Aguaytía region of Peru. Prepared two regional reports, one a desk study and the other
integrating it with the Peru case study. Used these reports to prepare a UN global report that drew on the
Asia experience, and results of a case study in Thailand.
2002-2004, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, France, U.S., Researcher, John T. &
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation—Researched impact of US aid to Colombia on (1) civil conflict
and (2) drug control. Read widely and interviewed 200 persons: officials (civilian, military, police), small
farmers, landowners, labor and business leaders, refugees (in Colombia and in borderlands with Ecuador,
Venezuela, and Panama), active and demobilized combatants, top FARC commanders, journalists,
academics, clerics, politicians, and NGO leaders. Looked at DDR process. Have since published articles
and reports, given interviews, and advised on viable approaches to peace and drug control.
2001, Bolivia, Consultant, UNODC—Evaluated public-sector institutional strengthening project,
including institutional linkages to Sistema Nacional de Planificación. Interviewed, served as team leader.
2000, Ecuador, Consultant, AR&D/USAID—Evaluated Environmental Support Program (biodiversity
conservation). Interviewed indigenous populations, Afro-Ecuadorians (Chocó), and small farmers in
uplands, Amazonia, and along northern Pacific coast. Served as team leader, drafted final report.
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2000, Bolivia, Consultant, USAID—Served as socio-economist on team conducting environmental
assessment.
1997-1999, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Regional Advisor, UNODC—From base in Lima, worked in three
countries (mostly in Colombia). Served as liaison between UN, national governments, and donor
community, including EU. Duties included research, drafting reports for country teams and Vienna
headquarters, advising national governments, and advocating for rural development as drug-control tool
among diplomatic and national-government personnel. Worked with FARC in DMZ (San Vicente and
Macarena) in context of Pastrana peace process, under quid-pro-quo agreement (drug-control for
development) between government and FARC.
1997, Peru, Consultant, UNODC—Served as team leader in thematic evaluation of rural development
as drug-control tool over period 1984-1995. Interviewed stakeholders, in Lima and in project sites in
eastern valleys, and drafted final report.
1996-1997, Bolivia, Researcher, Centro de Investigación y Documentación para el Desarrollo del
Beni (CIDDEBENI)—Served as socio-economist with team to design management plan for Multiethnic
Chimán Forest, at a time of clashes between indigenous groups and between them, extractive industries,
and the government in this resource-rich forest.
1996, Peru, Consultant, Development Associates/USAID—Served as rural-development specialist on
team evaluating PL-480, Title II food-aid program implemented by NGOs. Conducted interviews and
participated in analysis.
1993, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia, UN Consultant—Served as de facto team leader to assess UN
efforts to support Alternative Development in the Andean region. For each of the three countries, looked
at the relevant drug-control institutional legal framework, at Alternative Development in the wider social
and political setting, at the profile of peasant growers of illicit crops, at the rapidly emerging production
of opium poppy in Colombia, and at the enormous challenge of Alternative Development. Conducted
interviews extensively and provided the UN with scenarios regarding their role in Alternative
Development vs. that of bilateral donors. Drafted final report.
1992, Bolivia, Consultant, Management & Business Associates/USAID—Served as team leader in
evaluation of PL-480 Title II food-aid program implemented by NGOs in Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, La
Paz, Oruro, and Chuquisaca. Conducted interviews and drafted final report.
1991, Bolivia, Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank—Served as indigenous affairs
specialist in evaluation of Indigenous Peoples Protection Program of Natural Resources Protection
Subproject, itself part of road-construction in area of Amboró National Park. Also assessed
environmental education efforts and addressed issue of settlers in the Park. Perused literature, conducted
interviews in project sites, and prepared report to Bank.
1991, Peru, Consultant, Tropical Research and Development/USAID—Led Evaluation of USAID's
Agricultural Policy and Institutional Development Project (APID). Interviewed and drafted final report.
1991, Bolivia, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Served as
institutions specialist on analysis of Programa de Desarrollo Alternative Regional (PDAR), Chapare
Regional Development Project. Effort part of a USAID Cooperative Agreement on Settlement and
Resource Systems Analysis. Made site visits, where conducted numerous interviews of project personnel
and other stakeholders.
1991, Bolivia, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Served as
development specialist and reviewed Alternative Development Programs in the Chapare and in
Cochabamba’s high valleys. Worked in context of USAID’s Chapare Regional Development Project.
Interviewed farmers in high valleys and in tropical Chapare, and developed a “trigger price” for coca that
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would make migration from high valleys into tropical lowlands attractive despite drawbacks and
sufferings from an alien tropical environment.
1990, Bolivia, Consultant, Pragma Corporation/USAID—Served as social anthropologist in evaluation
of USAID’s Chapare Regional Development Project. Interviewed farmers in Chapare and in high valleys
of Cochabamba, an outmigration zone. Prepared report.
1990, Peru, Consultant, Luis Berger/USAID—Served as resources specialist on evaluation of
Agricultural Technology Transfer Project. Looked at agricultural education component at La Molina,
Peru’s premier agricultural university. Interviewed professors and administrators.
1989, Bolivia, Paraguay, Consultant, Latin America Studies Program at American Universities
(LASPAU/Harvard University)—Served as education specialist. Interviewed Fulbright-scholar
applicants and made recommendations to LASPAU for selection for graduate work in US.
1989, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Belize, Consultant, Education Development
Center/USAID—Served as Education Specialist on review of Central American Scholarship Program
managed by Georgetown University. Interviewed ex-students in five countries, prepared case studies.
1988, Honduras, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Led final
evaluation of Rural Technologies Project. Perused documents, conducted interviews, drafted final report.
1988, Bolivia, Consultant, Devres/USAID—Served as socio-economist in evaluation of US PL 480
food-aid program. Interviewed stakeholders.
1987, Guatemala, Consultant, AR&D/USAID—Served as team leader in evaluation of Highlands
Agricultural Development Project—included road maintenance, reforestation, small-farm irrigation
construction, and erosion control through hillside terracing. Conducted interviews among stakeholders
and drafted final report.
1987, Guatemala, Consultant, AR&D/USAID—Evaluated Small-Farmer Agricultural Diversification
Project: generation and transfer of appropriate production technologies, erosion control through hillside
terracing, and construction of small-farm irrigation systems. Interviewed stakeholders, prepared report.
1986, Ecuador, Researcher, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID
—Worked as socio-economist to assess suitability of large-farmer association (APROCICO) to transfer
integrated pest management technologies to all farmers. Interviewed stakeholders, prepared report.
1986, Haiti, Manager/Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of
Florida/USAID—Organized and assisted with the evaluation of Agricultural Development Support
Project (ADS-II). Visited project sites and conducted interviews.
1986, Dominican Republic, Consultant, RONCO/USAID—Served as socio-economist in evaluation of
Natural Resource Management Project (Norma). Evaluated hillside farming systems research program in
two upland watersheds, Marketing and community-organization studies in the watersheds, and project’s
articulation with watershed-based community organizations. Interviewed stakeholders and drafted report.
1985, Costa Rica, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID
—Worked as training specialist, helping CATIE to plan and deliver a workshop to analyze five farming
systems research programs in Central America. Subsequently prepared detailed report on CATIE’s work
in the five countries.
1985, Dominican Republic, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of
Florida/USAID—Worked as training specialist in helping Government of Dominican Republic prepare a
farming systems research training plan.
1983, Mexico, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Worked as training specialist in helping CIMMYT and INTSORMIL develop a workshop for sorghum-
millet researchers in Latin America and Caribbean.
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1982, Ecuador, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Worked as training specialist and socio-economist with team conducting a rapid rural appraisal (sondeo)
as a training exercise for local researchers based in the new Napo-Payamino agricultural research station.
1977-1979, Bolivia, Researcher—Conducted PhD research in Beni Department of lowland Bolivia,
funded by OAS, Inter-American Foundation, and Fulbright. Researched the impact of an expanding
cattle trade on a large indigenous group (Mojeños) living on pampas and in nearby forests. Focused
especially on conflicting patterns of land use and land tenure, as well as political-economic power
relations. Interviewed over wide area of this remote region, and prepared PhD thesis at U. of Florida.
1974, Mexico, Researcher—Conducted MA research on radio-listening and -usage patterns in two
Mexican communities of the Central Highlands, one mestizo and the other Náhuatl. Interviewed in both
communities and prepared MA thesis at University of Kentucky.
Africa
1992, Lesotho, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Served as
agricultural research specialist for final evaluation of Lesotho Agricultural Production and Institutional
Support Project (LAPIS). Looked at research/extension institutions and methods. Conducted stakeholder
interviews and contributed to report.
1990, Liberia, Consultant, DAI/USAID—Served as research and extension specialist on team
evaluating agricultural research and extension project based at Central Agricultural Research Institute
(CARI), Suakoko, Bong County. Interviewed stakeholders and contributed to report.
1988, Nigeria, Consultant, USAID—Served as socio-economist on public-health team (CDC and Johns
Hopkins) to design study of socioeconomic effect of Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) on
agricultural production. Vector Biology & Control Project. Interviewed stakeholders in Yoruba and Ibo
regions and developed formula to capture effects of the disease.
1985, Zambia, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Served as research/extension specialist in gathering data on research-extension linkages in farming
systems research programs in Malawi and Zambia. Participated in INTERPAKS workshop and
interviewed stakeholders.
1983, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences,
University of Florida/USAID—Served as research specialist on project-design team for small-farmer
research-extension project. Also wrote social-soundness analysis for the design.
1983, Morocco, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Advised project-design team on using farming systems approach for developing appropriate technologies
for dry-lands small farmers. Visited project sites and interviewed stakeholders.
1983, Liberia, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Advised Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Bong County, on use of farming systems
approach to research for developing appropriate technologies for small farmers.
1983, Nigeria, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Served as research/extension specialist to help Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in preparation and
delivery of on-farm research training workshop for researchers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast. Participated
in rapid appraisal survey of farmers in Ogun State.
1983, Ivory Coast, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID
—Served as research/extension specialist in arranging for participation of Ivorians in an on-farm
workshop in Nigeria. Met with REDSO/West (USAID) officials to discuss support of University of
Florida to projects in West and Central Africa. 1983 University of Florida.
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1982, Nigeria, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Served as research/extension specialist at organizational meeting of West African Farming Systems
Research Network (WAFSRN). Discussed farming systems approach to developing and extending
appropriate technologies to small farmers in the region.
1982, Malawi, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—
Served as research-extension specialist in preparation and delivery of workshop on analysis of on-farm
research trial data. Over period of three months, instructed Malawians in statistical analysis of on-farm
data from maize trials conducted round the country.
Asia
2007, Afghanistan, Consultant, United Nations (UNODC)—Served as team leader of a five-person
team conducting thematic country-level program evaluation for period 2001-2007. (This was UNODC’s
largest portfolio in the world.) Evaluation included Anti Trafficking, Global Challenges (i.e., drug
demand and supply reduction), Rule of Law, Terrorism Prevention, and Research and Advocacy. In
addition to serving as team leader, evaluated UN’s alternative livelihoods project. Visited sites in rural
Herat and Nangahar Provinces (Jalalabad, near Tora Bora range, Pakistani border) and interviewed
farmers through convening shuras. Drafted report on alternative livelihoods and a final report
incorporating the five constituent reports.
1991, Lao PDR (Laos), Consultant, United Nations (UNODC)—Served as social scientist on team
evaluating Highland Integrated Rural Development Project, an anti-narcotics project (alternatives to
opium poppy). Interviewed farmers and local leaders in Hmong area of Mount Palavek as well as
government officials in Vientiane. Drafted final report (I was one of the first Americans allowed by Lao
PDR to work in this area following Vietnam War).
U.S.A. and Global
2009-2010, U.S.A., Consultant, Office of Refugee Resettlement, General Dynamics/U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services/General Dynamics—Served as social scientist on team advising on
refugee resettlement in U.S. Visited resettlement programs in Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Washington
State. Conducted interviews with Voluntary Agency stakeholders working with State Department as well
as refugees from Thai camps, Myanmar, Iraq, Iran, and Somalia. Contributed to final report.
2006-2007, U.S.A., Consultant, U.S. Public Defender’s Office, U.S. Department of Justice—Served
as researcher and advisor to U.S. defense attorneys in three trials of extradited FARC rebel “Simón
Trinidad.” Attended the trials and assisted attorneys by contextualizing events leading to his capture and
prosecution as well as by assessing reliability of witness testimonies. Trials involved prosecution for
drug trafficking (no conviction) and abduction (using U.S. conspiracy law) of three U.S. defense
contractors whose reconnaissance plane crashed in rebel-held territory.
2006, U.S.A., Consultant, Development Associates/U.S. Census Bureau—Worked as researcher
conducting “cognitive interviews” in English and Spanish to determine appropriate questionnaire
categories for forthcoming 2010 U.S. Census. Interviewed in marginal neighborhoods of Austin, Los
Angeles, and Chicago. Held security clearance because of sensitivity of information.
2006, U.S.A., Consultant, TATC Consulting/International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), U.S.
Department of Labor—Using supplied documents, participated in desk evaluation of U.S. support to
child-labor and labor-standards programs round the world. Conducted analysis, prepared resulting
analytical matrix, and drafted final report.
Teaching and Lecturing:
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 2001: Co-taught graduate course, Drug Trafficking in the Americas. Elliott School of International
Affairs. George Washington University. Washington, D.C. Held adjunct appointment to GWU.
 2001: Lectured on Bolivia: Democracy at Risk. National Security Agency (NSA) / Center for
International and Security Studies, University of Maryland. Washington, D.C.
 2000, 2001, 2003: Lectured on Colombia and the Andes. Western Hemisphere Advanced Area
Studies Seminar. United States Foreign Service Institute. Washington, D.C.
 1999: Lectured on Colombia. Office of Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SOLIC),
Division of Drug Enforcement Policy and Support. U.S. Department of Defense. Washington, D.C.
 1982: Taught graduate course (in Spanish), Farming Systems Research, in Bramón, Venezuela.
Venezuelan researchers received credit at University of Florida, U.S.A.
 1969-70: Mathematics Instructor. Colegio Karl C. Parrish, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Honors and Awards:
 Global Security grant for research on conflict and drug control in Colombia, John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation (2002-2003)
 Learning Fellowship on Social Change for Ph.D. research in Bolivia, Inter-American Foundation
(1977-1979)
 Grant for Ph.D. research in Bolivia, National Science Foundation (1977)
 Fulbright grant for Ph.D. research in Bolivia (1977-1978)
 Grant from Organization of American States (OAS) for Ph.D. research in Bolivia (1977)
 Grant from University of Florida Foundation Tropical South America Program for socioeconomic
research in eastern Bolivia (1976)
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Languages (1-5, 5=Excellent):
Language Reading Speaking Writing
English Native Native Native
Spanish 5 5 5
French 4 3 1
Portuguese 4 1 1
Selected Publications and Reports:
• “The Colombia-FARC Peace Process.” Revolve. October 2, 2012. http://www.revolve-
magazine.com/home/2012/10/02/colombia-farc-peace-process/
• “Colombia: the Forgotten War.” Revolve. August 30, 2012.
http://revolve.media/colombia-the-forgotten-war/
• “Playing the Spoiler in Colombia.” Foreign Policy in Focus. June 18, 2012
http://www.fpif.org/articles/playing_the_spoiler_in_colombia
• “U.S. Policy and Peace in Colombia: Lost in a Tangle of Wars.” In Colombia: Building Peace in a
Time of War. Virginia Bouvier, ed. United States Institute of Peace, 2009. Washington, D.C.
• Review of Transparency and Accountability Subprogram. Latin America Program, Open Society
Institute. Washington, D.C. May 26, 2009.
• Building an Integrated Refugee Program. United States Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Washington, D.C. November, 2009. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/
• Vol. I: “Consolidated Evaluation Report.” Vol. II: “Alternative Livelihoods Programme.” Vienna.
Thematic Evaluation of the Technical Assistance Provided to Afghanistan by the United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime. May 2008. http://www.unodc.org/documents/evaluation/2007-
afghanistan1.pdf
• Alternative Development: A Global Thematic Evaluation. Final Synthesis Report. United Nations
Office on Drugs and Crime. Vienna. 2005.
http://www.unodc.org/pdf/Alternative_Development_Evaluation_Dec-05.pdf
• Alternative Development in the South American Andes: Report of Findings. United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime. Vienna. December, 2004. http://www.scribd.com/doc/30866586/Region-
Colombia-Peru-Bolivia
• An Overview of Alternative Development in the South American Andes. United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crime. Vienna. September 2004. http://www.scribd.com/doc/30852860/LA-Regional-
Overview-Final
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• "We're Targeting a Colombia We Don't Fully Understand." The Washington Post (Outlook). April 2,
2000.
• “Development: Reflections from Bolivia.” Human Organization 56 (1), 1997.
• “Environmental Destruction, Ethnic Discrimination, and International Aid in Bolivia.” In The Social
Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America. Michael Painter and William Durham, eds.
University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor, 1995.
• Farmer Perspectives on the Economics and Sociology of Coca Production in the Chapare. Institute
for Development Anthropology (IDA). Working Paper No. 77. Binghamton, N.Y., 1991.
• Economics, Political Power, and Ethnic Conflict on a Changing Frontier: Notes from the Beni
Department, Eastern Bolivia. Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA). Working Paper
Number 58. Binghamton, N.Y., 1991.
• “The March for Dignity: Rational and Response for a Native movement in Eastern Bolivia.” Hunger
Notes, Vol. 16 (4), Spring 1991.
• “A Native Movement and March in Eastern Bolivia: Rationale and Response.” Bulletin of the
Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA), Vol. 8, No. 2, 1990.
• Five Months with the Asociación de Productores de Cultivos de Ciclo Corto (APROCICO)
Subproject in Quevedo, Ecuador: A Report of Experiences. Rural Technology Transfer System
(RTTS) Project. University of Florida, 1987.
• Farming Systems Research and Extension at CATIE. Notes and Observations. A report prepared for
Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) on CATIE-ROCAP farming
systems projects in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica, 1985.
• “Native Peoples of Lowland Bolivia.” In Frontier Expansion in Amazonia. Marianne Schmink and
Charles Wood, eds. University of Florida Press, 1984.
• Book review of W.W. Shaner, P.F. Philipp, and W.R. Schmehl, eds., Farming Systems Research and
Development: Guidelines for Developing Countries (Westview Press, 1982). American
Anthropologist 86(1), 1984.
• Informe del Sondeo Agro-Socioeconomico de la Zona de Influencia del PIP NAPO. In collaboration
with Peter Hildebrand and associates. A team report prepared for Instituto Nacional de
Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Ecuador, and for Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences,
University of Florida, 1982.
• Conflict between Whites and Indians on the Llanos de Moxos, Beni Department: A Case Study in
Development from the Cattle Regions of the Bolivian Oriente, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Florida,
1980.
• Radio Listening and Usage Patterns among Peasants of Highland Mexico, M.A. thesis, University of
Kentucky, 1975
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  • 1. James C. Jones, PhD—Married—U.S. Citizen jonesjcz@gmail.com / +1-301-657-1604 Education: • Certificate in Post-Conflict Strategies and Operations, USIP, Washington, D.C. 2009 • MS, Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLA 1981 • PhD, Social Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLA 1980 • BS, Mathematics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 1966 Skills and Expertise: • Thematic Experience - Democracy and governance - Migration and refugees - Conflict resolution / Security - Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) - Labor relations - Rural/regional development - Small-farm agriculture - Alternative livelihoods - Conservation; biodiversity - Education and training - Ethnic rights / integration • Operational Skills - Informal, rapid surveys - Institutional, cultural analysis - Qualitative research - Socioeconomic analysis - Interviewing, focus groups - Problem diagnosis, modeling - Team management - Verbal agility - Public-private sector bridging - Inter-ethnic communication • Program Skills
  • 2. - Monitoring and evaluation - Results Framework design - Results-based management - Social soundness analysis - Environmental assessment - Strategy and design - Implementation Professional Experience: • 1999-present; 1987-1997: Independent Consultant. Worked on wide range of development and security issues in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the United States. Evaluated projects/programs, often as team leader. Experience Countries include: Latin America and Caribbean: Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago. Africa: Nigeria, Liberia, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Zaire, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho. Asia: Laos, Afghanistan. See details below. • 2002-2003: Research grant, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Impact of US Colombia aid on (1) armed conflict and (2) drug control. Worked in US, Europe, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Panama. Conducted interviews with members of the armed groups and others related to the conflict, and with IDPs as well as refugees in the borderlands. • 1997-1999: Latin America Regional Advisor to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Worked in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia with national governments and international donors on rural development (Alternative Development) in service of drug control. Functioned as public advocate for rural development as core drug-control strategy. Operated at political, diplomatic, and technical levels, addressing institutional and policy issues. Worked in rebel-held zones in Colombia. Position funded by German government. • 1981-1987: Associate Director (Latin America), Farming Systems Support Project, U. of Florida. Managed participatory training and trouble-shooting on small-farm agricultural projects. Led multidisciplinary teams. Experience by Region: Latin America-Caribbean 2014-2016, Multiple Central American Countries, USG—served as Senior Technical Advisor/Subject Matter Expert on team to (1) develop monitoring framework for INL programs (U.S. Department of State) under Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) and to (2) conduct mid-term and summative evaluations of INCLE-funded programs that are part of CARSI. 2014-2015, Honduras, USG—served as de facto Team Leader and Expert in conducting post hoc performance evaluation of efforts of State Department’s Conflict and Stabilization Operations over two years to address destabilizing violence in Honduras, with world’s highest murder rate. 2014-2015, Venezuela, Consultant, USG—Served as Senior Program Development Specialist for Venezuela Participation Project (aim: to enhance democratic governance in Venezuela). 2
  • 3. 2013-2015, Multiple Caribbean Countries, USG—Co-led team to (1) develop monitoring framework for INL programs (U.S. Department of State) under Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) and (2) conduct mid-term and summative evaluations of INCLE-funded programs that are part of CBSI. 2013, Colombia, Consultant, USG—Led team conducting performance evaluation of US support to program “Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) of Armed Combatants.” Managed bi- national evaluation team, interviewed combatants and other stakeholders, and drafted final report. 2011, Brazil, Consultant, UNODC/Brazilian Government—Led final evaluation of UN support to anti-corruption. Interviewed stakeholders, reviewed documents, prepared Results Framework for final report. 2010-2011, Ecuador, Consultant, USG—Led multi-agency (State, Pentagon, DEA, USAID, Homeland Security) effort (1207 Program) to develop initial M&E plan, with PMP and indicators, for project to integrate security and development along Ecuador’s volatile northern border with Colombia. Prepared Results Framework as guide. Drafted report. 2008-2009, Venezuela, Peru, Mexico, Panama, Consultant, Open Society Institute (OSI)—Assessed Transparency and Accountability Subprogram (Anti-corruption, Decentralization, Freedom of Information, Media Surveillance, Budget Monitoring) for OSI’s Latin America Democracy and Governance Program. Perused documents, conducted stakeholder interviews, in target countries and in Washington, and made recommendations to OSI. Prepared final report. 2007, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Consultant, EU/GTZ/FAO—Conducted research to “mainstream” rural development as drug-control tool. Advised and prepared report. 2004, Dominican Republic, Belize, Panama, Nicaragua, Consultant, ILO/US Department of Labor —Led team evaluating RELACENTRO project to improve labor relations in context of democracy- strengthening. Reviewed documents, conducted interviews, and drafted final report. 2003-2004, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Consultant, UNODC—Researched state of knowledge on Alternative Development (Alternative Livelihoods), or use of development as a drug-control tool. Perused documents prepared by diverse donors, conducted stakeholder interviews, and directed case study in Aguaytía region of Peru. Prepared two regional reports, one a desk study and the other integrating it with the Peru case study. Used these reports to prepare a UN global report that drew on the Asia experience, and results of a case study in Thailand. 2002-2004, Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, France, U.S., Researcher, John T. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation—Researched impact of US aid to Colombia on (1) civil conflict and (2) drug control. Read widely and interviewed 200 persons: officials (civilian, military, police), small farmers, landowners, labor and business leaders, refugees (in Colombia and in borderlands with Ecuador, Venezuela, and Panama), active and demobilized combatants, top FARC commanders, journalists, academics, clerics, politicians, and NGO leaders. Looked at DDR process. Have since published articles and reports, given interviews, and advised on viable approaches to peace and drug control. 2001, Bolivia, Consultant, UNODC—Evaluated public-sector institutional strengthening project, including institutional linkages to Sistema Nacional de Planificación. Interviewed, served as team leader. 2000, Ecuador, Consultant, AR&D/USAID—Evaluated Environmental Support Program (biodiversity conservation). Interviewed indigenous populations, Afro-Ecuadorians (Chocó), and small farmers in uplands, Amazonia, and along northern Pacific coast. Served as team leader, drafted final report. 3
  • 4. 2000, Bolivia, Consultant, USAID—Served as socio-economist on team conducting environmental assessment. 1997-1999, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Regional Advisor, UNODC—From base in Lima, worked in three countries (mostly in Colombia). Served as liaison between UN, national governments, and donor community, including EU. Duties included research, drafting reports for country teams and Vienna headquarters, advising national governments, and advocating for rural development as drug-control tool among diplomatic and national-government personnel. Worked with FARC in DMZ (San Vicente and Macarena) in context of Pastrana peace process, under quid-pro-quo agreement (drug-control for development) between government and FARC. 1997, Peru, Consultant, UNODC—Served as team leader in thematic evaluation of rural development as drug-control tool over period 1984-1995. Interviewed stakeholders, in Lima and in project sites in eastern valleys, and drafted final report. 1996-1997, Bolivia, Researcher, Centro de Investigación y Documentación para el Desarrollo del Beni (CIDDEBENI)—Served as socio-economist with team to design management plan for Multiethnic Chimán Forest, at a time of clashes between indigenous groups and between them, extractive industries, and the government in this resource-rich forest. 1996, Peru, Consultant, Development Associates/USAID—Served as rural-development specialist on team evaluating PL-480, Title II food-aid program implemented by NGOs. Conducted interviews and participated in analysis. 1993, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia, UN Consultant—Served as de facto team leader to assess UN efforts to support Alternative Development in the Andean region. For each of the three countries, looked at the relevant drug-control institutional legal framework, at Alternative Development in the wider social and political setting, at the profile of peasant growers of illicit crops, at the rapidly emerging production of opium poppy in Colombia, and at the enormous challenge of Alternative Development. Conducted interviews extensively and provided the UN with scenarios regarding their role in Alternative Development vs. that of bilateral donors. Drafted final report. 1992, Bolivia, Consultant, Management & Business Associates/USAID—Served as team leader in evaluation of PL-480 Title II food-aid program implemented by NGOs in Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, La Paz, Oruro, and Chuquisaca. Conducted interviews and drafted final report. 1991, Bolivia, Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank—Served as indigenous affairs specialist in evaluation of Indigenous Peoples Protection Program of Natural Resources Protection Subproject, itself part of road-construction in area of Amboró National Park. Also assessed environmental education efforts and addressed issue of settlers in the Park. Perused literature, conducted interviews in project sites, and prepared report to Bank. 1991, Peru, Consultant, Tropical Research and Development/USAID—Led Evaluation of USAID's Agricultural Policy and Institutional Development Project (APID). Interviewed and drafted final report. 1991, Bolivia, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Served as institutions specialist on analysis of Programa de Desarrollo Alternative Regional (PDAR), Chapare Regional Development Project. Effort part of a USAID Cooperative Agreement on Settlement and Resource Systems Analysis. Made site visits, where conducted numerous interviews of project personnel and other stakeholders. 1991, Bolivia, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Served as development specialist and reviewed Alternative Development Programs in the Chapare and in Cochabamba’s high valleys. Worked in context of USAID’s Chapare Regional Development Project. Interviewed farmers in high valleys and in tropical Chapare, and developed a “trigger price” for coca that 4
  • 5. would make migration from high valleys into tropical lowlands attractive despite drawbacks and sufferings from an alien tropical environment. 1990, Bolivia, Consultant, Pragma Corporation/USAID—Served as social anthropologist in evaluation of USAID’s Chapare Regional Development Project. Interviewed farmers in Chapare and in high valleys of Cochabamba, an outmigration zone. Prepared report. 1990, Peru, Consultant, Luis Berger/USAID—Served as resources specialist on evaluation of Agricultural Technology Transfer Project. Looked at agricultural education component at La Molina, Peru’s premier agricultural university. Interviewed professors and administrators. 1989, Bolivia, Paraguay, Consultant, Latin America Studies Program at American Universities (LASPAU/Harvard University)—Served as education specialist. Interviewed Fulbright-scholar applicants and made recommendations to LASPAU for selection for graduate work in US. 1989, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Belize, Consultant, Education Development Center/USAID—Served as Education Specialist on review of Central American Scholarship Program managed by Georgetown University. Interviewed ex-students in five countries, prepared case studies. 1988, Honduras, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Led final evaluation of Rural Technologies Project. Perused documents, conducted interviews, drafted final report. 1988, Bolivia, Consultant, Devres/USAID—Served as socio-economist in evaluation of US PL 480 food-aid program. Interviewed stakeholders. 1987, Guatemala, Consultant, AR&D/USAID—Served as team leader in evaluation of Highlands Agricultural Development Project—included road maintenance, reforestation, small-farm irrigation construction, and erosion control through hillside terracing. Conducted interviews among stakeholders and drafted final report. 1987, Guatemala, Consultant, AR&D/USAID—Evaluated Small-Farmer Agricultural Diversification Project: generation and transfer of appropriate production technologies, erosion control through hillside terracing, and construction of small-farm irrigation systems. Interviewed stakeholders, prepared report. 1986, Ecuador, Researcher, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID —Worked as socio-economist to assess suitability of large-farmer association (APROCICO) to transfer integrated pest management technologies to all farmers. Interviewed stakeholders, prepared report. 1986, Haiti, Manager/Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—Organized and assisted with the evaluation of Agricultural Development Support Project (ADS-II). Visited project sites and conducted interviews. 1986, Dominican Republic, Consultant, RONCO/USAID—Served as socio-economist in evaluation of Natural Resource Management Project (Norma). Evaluated hillside farming systems research program in two upland watersheds, Marketing and community-organization studies in the watersheds, and project’s articulation with watershed-based community organizations. Interviewed stakeholders and drafted report. 1985, Costa Rica, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID —Worked as training specialist, helping CATIE to plan and deliver a workshop to analyze five farming systems research programs in Central America. Subsequently prepared detailed report on CATIE’s work in the five countries. 1985, Dominican Republic, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—Worked as training specialist in helping Government of Dominican Republic prepare a farming systems research training plan. 1983, Mexico, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Worked as training specialist in helping CIMMYT and INTSORMIL develop a workshop for sorghum- millet researchers in Latin America and Caribbean. 5
  • 6. 1982, Ecuador, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Worked as training specialist and socio-economist with team conducting a rapid rural appraisal (sondeo) as a training exercise for local researchers based in the new Napo-Payamino agricultural research station. 1977-1979, Bolivia, Researcher—Conducted PhD research in Beni Department of lowland Bolivia, funded by OAS, Inter-American Foundation, and Fulbright. Researched the impact of an expanding cattle trade on a large indigenous group (Mojeños) living on pampas and in nearby forests. Focused especially on conflicting patterns of land use and land tenure, as well as political-economic power relations. Interviewed over wide area of this remote region, and prepared PhD thesis at U. of Florida. 1974, Mexico, Researcher—Conducted MA research on radio-listening and -usage patterns in two Mexican communities of the Central Highlands, one mestizo and the other Náhuatl. Interviewed in both communities and prepared MA thesis at University of Kentucky. Africa 1992, Lesotho, Consultant, Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA)/USAID—Served as agricultural research specialist for final evaluation of Lesotho Agricultural Production and Institutional Support Project (LAPIS). Looked at research/extension institutions and methods. Conducted stakeholder interviews and contributed to report. 1990, Liberia, Consultant, DAI/USAID—Served as research and extension specialist on team evaluating agricultural research and extension project based at Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Suakoko, Bong County. Interviewed stakeholders and contributed to report. 1988, Nigeria, Consultant, USAID—Served as socio-economist on public-health team (CDC and Johns Hopkins) to design study of socioeconomic effect of Dracunculiasis (Guinea-worm disease) on agricultural production. Vector Biology & Control Project. Interviewed stakeholders in Yoruba and Ibo regions and developed formula to capture effects of the disease. 1985, Zambia, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Served as research/extension specialist in gathering data on research-extension linkages in farming systems research programs in Malawi and Zambia. Participated in INTERPAKS workshop and interviewed stakeholders. 1983, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID—Served as research specialist on project-design team for small-farmer research-extension project. Also wrote social-soundness analysis for the design. 1983, Morocco, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Advised project-design team on using farming systems approach for developing appropriate technologies for dry-lands small farmers. Visited project sites and interviewed stakeholders. 1983, Liberia, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Advised Central Agricultural Research Institute (CARI), Bong County, on use of farming systems approach to research for developing appropriate technologies for small farmers. 1983, Nigeria, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Served as research/extension specialist to help Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in preparation and delivery of on-farm research training workshop for researchers from Nigeria and Ivory Coast. Participated in rapid appraisal survey of farmers in Ogun State. 1983, Ivory Coast, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID —Served as research/extension specialist in arranging for participation of Ivorians in an on-farm workshop in Nigeria. Met with REDSO/West (USAID) officials to discuss support of University of Florida to projects in West and Central Africa. 1983 University of Florida. 6
  • 7. 1982, Nigeria, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Served as research/extension specialist at organizational meeting of West African Farming Systems Research Network (WAFSRN). Discussed farming systems approach to developing and extending appropriate technologies to small farmers in the region. 1982, Malawi, Advisor, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida/USAID— Served as research-extension specialist in preparation and delivery of workshop on analysis of on-farm research trial data. Over period of three months, instructed Malawians in statistical analysis of on-farm data from maize trials conducted round the country. Asia 2007, Afghanistan, Consultant, United Nations (UNODC)—Served as team leader of a five-person team conducting thematic country-level program evaluation for period 2001-2007. (This was UNODC’s largest portfolio in the world.) Evaluation included Anti Trafficking, Global Challenges (i.e., drug demand and supply reduction), Rule of Law, Terrorism Prevention, and Research and Advocacy. In addition to serving as team leader, evaluated UN’s alternative livelihoods project. Visited sites in rural Herat and Nangahar Provinces (Jalalabad, near Tora Bora range, Pakistani border) and interviewed farmers through convening shuras. Drafted report on alternative livelihoods and a final report incorporating the five constituent reports. 1991, Lao PDR (Laos), Consultant, United Nations (UNODC)—Served as social scientist on team evaluating Highland Integrated Rural Development Project, an anti-narcotics project (alternatives to opium poppy). Interviewed farmers and local leaders in Hmong area of Mount Palavek as well as government officials in Vientiane. Drafted final report (I was one of the first Americans allowed by Lao PDR to work in this area following Vietnam War). U.S.A. and Global 2009-2010, U.S.A., Consultant, Office of Refugee Resettlement, General Dynamics/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/General Dynamics—Served as social scientist on team advising on refugee resettlement in U.S. Visited resettlement programs in Indiana, Michigan, Virginia, Washington State. Conducted interviews with Voluntary Agency stakeholders working with State Department as well as refugees from Thai camps, Myanmar, Iraq, Iran, and Somalia. Contributed to final report. 2006-2007, U.S.A., Consultant, U.S. Public Defender’s Office, U.S. Department of Justice—Served as researcher and advisor to U.S. defense attorneys in three trials of extradited FARC rebel “Simón Trinidad.” Attended the trials and assisted attorneys by contextualizing events leading to his capture and prosecution as well as by assessing reliability of witness testimonies. Trials involved prosecution for drug trafficking (no conviction) and abduction (using U.S. conspiracy law) of three U.S. defense contractors whose reconnaissance plane crashed in rebel-held territory. 2006, U.S.A., Consultant, Development Associates/U.S. Census Bureau—Worked as researcher conducting “cognitive interviews” in English and Spanish to determine appropriate questionnaire categories for forthcoming 2010 U.S. Census. Interviewed in marginal neighborhoods of Austin, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Held security clearance because of sensitivity of information. 2006, U.S.A., Consultant, TATC Consulting/International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor—Using supplied documents, participated in desk evaluation of U.S. support to child-labor and labor-standards programs round the world. Conducted analysis, prepared resulting analytical matrix, and drafted final report. Teaching and Lecturing: 7
  • 8.  2001: Co-taught graduate course, Drug Trafficking in the Americas. Elliott School of International Affairs. George Washington University. Washington, D.C. Held adjunct appointment to GWU.  2001: Lectured on Bolivia: Democracy at Risk. National Security Agency (NSA) / Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland. Washington, D.C.  2000, 2001, 2003: Lectured on Colombia and the Andes. Western Hemisphere Advanced Area Studies Seminar. United States Foreign Service Institute. Washington, D.C.  1999: Lectured on Colombia. Office of Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SOLIC), Division of Drug Enforcement Policy and Support. U.S. Department of Defense. Washington, D.C.  1982: Taught graduate course (in Spanish), Farming Systems Research, in Bramón, Venezuela. Venezuelan researchers received credit at University of Florida, U.S.A.  1969-70: Mathematics Instructor. Colegio Karl C. Parrish, Barranquilla, Colombia. Honors and Awards:  Global Security grant for research on conflict and drug control in Colombia, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (2002-2003)  Learning Fellowship on Social Change for Ph.D. research in Bolivia, Inter-American Foundation (1977-1979)  Grant for Ph.D. research in Bolivia, National Science Foundation (1977)  Fulbright grant for Ph.D. research in Bolivia (1977-1978)  Grant from Organization of American States (OAS) for Ph.D. research in Bolivia (1977)  Grant from University of Florida Foundation Tropical South America Program for socioeconomic research in eastern Bolivia (1976) 8
  • 9. Languages (1-5, 5=Excellent): Language Reading Speaking Writing English Native Native Native Spanish 5 5 5 French 4 3 1 Portuguese 4 1 1 Selected Publications and Reports: • “The Colombia-FARC Peace Process.” Revolve. October 2, 2012. http://www.revolve- magazine.com/home/2012/10/02/colombia-farc-peace-process/ • “Colombia: the Forgotten War.” Revolve. August 30, 2012. http://revolve.media/colombia-the-forgotten-war/ • “Playing the Spoiler in Colombia.” Foreign Policy in Focus. June 18, 2012 http://www.fpif.org/articles/playing_the_spoiler_in_colombia • “U.S. Policy and Peace in Colombia: Lost in a Tangle of Wars.” In Colombia: Building Peace in a Time of War. Virginia Bouvier, ed. United States Institute of Peace, 2009. Washington, D.C. • Review of Transparency and Accountability Subprogram. Latin America Program, Open Society Institute. Washington, D.C. May 26, 2009. • Building an Integrated Refugee Program. United States Office of Refugee Resettlement. Washington, D.C. November, 2009. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/ • Vol. I: “Consolidated Evaluation Report.” Vol. II: “Alternative Livelihoods Programme.” Vienna. Thematic Evaluation of the Technical Assistance Provided to Afghanistan by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. May 2008. http://www.unodc.org/documents/evaluation/2007- afghanistan1.pdf • Alternative Development: A Global Thematic Evaluation. Final Synthesis Report. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Vienna. 2005. http://www.unodc.org/pdf/Alternative_Development_Evaluation_Dec-05.pdf • Alternative Development in the South American Andes: Report of Findings. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Vienna. December, 2004. http://www.scribd.com/doc/30866586/Region- Colombia-Peru-Bolivia • An Overview of Alternative Development in the South American Andes. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Vienna. September 2004. http://www.scribd.com/doc/30852860/LA-Regional- Overview-Final 9
  • 10. • "We're Targeting a Colombia We Don't Fully Understand." The Washington Post (Outlook). April 2, 2000. • “Development: Reflections from Bolivia.” Human Organization 56 (1), 1997. • “Environmental Destruction, Ethnic Discrimination, and International Aid in Bolivia.” In The Social Causes of Environmental Destruction in Latin America. Michael Painter and William Durham, eds. University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor, 1995. • Farmer Perspectives on the Economics and Sociology of Coca Production in the Chapare. Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA). Working Paper No. 77. Binghamton, N.Y., 1991. • Economics, Political Power, and Ethnic Conflict on a Changing Frontier: Notes from the Beni Department, Eastern Bolivia. Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA). Working Paper Number 58. Binghamton, N.Y., 1991. • “The March for Dignity: Rational and Response for a Native movement in Eastern Bolivia.” Hunger Notes, Vol. 16 (4), Spring 1991. • “A Native Movement and March in Eastern Bolivia: Rationale and Response.” Bulletin of the Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA), Vol. 8, No. 2, 1990. • Five Months with the Asociación de Productores de Cultivos de Ciclo Corto (APROCICO) Subproject in Quevedo, Ecuador: A Report of Experiences. Rural Technology Transfer System (RTTS) Project. University of Florida, 1987. • Farming Systems Research and Extension at CATIE. Notes and Observations. A report prepared for Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) on CATIE-ROCAP farming systems projects in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica, 1985. • “Native Peoples of Lowland Bolivia.” In Frontier Expansion in Amazonia. Marianne Schmink and Charles Wood, eds. University of Florida Press, 1984. • Book review of W.W. Shaner, P.F. Philipp, and W.R. Schmehl, eds., Farming Systems Research and Development: Guidelines for Developing Countries (Westview Press, 1982). American Anthropologist 86(1), 1984. • Informe del Sondeo Agro-Socioeconomico de la Zona de Influencia del PIP NAPO. In collaboration with Peter Hildebrand and associates. A team report prepared for Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP), Ecuador, and for Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 1982. • Conflict between Whites and Indians on the Llanos de Moxos, Beni Department: A Case Study in Development from the Cattle Regions of the Bolivian Oriente, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Florida, 1980. • Radio Listening and Usage Patterns among Peasants of Highland Mexico, M.A. thesis, University of Kentucky, 1975 10
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