Trojan-Horse Aid: Seeds of Resistance and Resilience in the Bolivian Highlands and Beyond

In a compelling first-hand account of development assistance gone awry, Susan Walsh recounts how national, international, and multilateral organizations failed the Jalq'a people in the Bolivian Andes during the early millennium. Intent on assisting potato farmers, development organizations pushed for changes that ultimately served their own interests, paradoxically undermining local resilience and pushing farmers off their lands.

Trojan-Horse Aid challenges the idea of Western capacity-build...