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TheBaluch is going through a site refresh, but until
it is completed this summer 2009, this
will be the page where articles related to development
reside. This section will archive not only issues related to
Baloch development, but will include articles that outline
what is happening globally in an effort to learn from others
mistakes and successes.
Our first entry in this section will be Venezuela's President
Chavez's recent gift to President Obama (Apr 2009): "Open
Veins of Latin America" by
Eduardo Galeano. The Guardian describes it as: "A classic
work in left-wing circles, Galeano's book analyses five centuries
of unequal relations with Europe and the US. It contends that
Latin America has been abused as industrialised nations plundered
its natural resources, ranging from gold and silver to cocoa
and cotton." Given the history of resource exploitation
in Balochistan, this seems a fitting work to reflect upon and
incorporate into one's understanding of economic development
and under-development around the globe. |
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| Development: Local Baloch Issues |
| Prime
Minister inaugurates first wind power plant, Business Recorder,
Apr 20, 2009: "...
Gilani said that the launch of Zorlu Wind Farm is, indeed, a major milestone
towards exploiting the wind potential of renowned Gharo-Keti Bandar Wind Corridor.
This 60 km long and 170 km deep corridor alone has the potential to generate
over 50,000MW of electricity..."; maps
of wind corridor, taepl.com; resource
potential of wind project, Alternative Energy Development Board (click pic
below for larger map of wind power in Balochistan) |
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| Development: State
Issues |
| Pakistan's
Fatal Shore, by Robert D. Kaplan,
Atlantic Monthly, May 2009: "With its “Islamic” nuclear
bomb, Taliban- and al-Qaeda-infested borderlands, dysfunctional
cities, and feuding ethnic groups, Pakistan may well be the world’s
most dangerous country, a nuclear Yugoslavia-in-the-making. One
key to its fate is the future of Gwadar, a strategic port whose
development will either unlock the riches of Central Asia, or plunge
Pakistan into a savage, and potentially terminal, civil war..." |
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