The Color of Money: Philanthropy and the Green Revolutions in India and Sub-Saharan Africa
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2011
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Haverford College. Department of Political Science
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On September 12, 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundations issued a joint statement announcing the establishment of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, meant to lift 20 million Africans out of poverty and reduce food insecurity by 50 percent. This project models itself after its namesake, the Green Revolution of the post-World War II era. The original Green Revolution dramatically increased agricultural output in regions all over the world, but did so at a steep ecological and social price. In this paper, I will draw upon the example set by the Green Revolution in India to evaluate what we know about the Alliance. To do so, I will examine the role philanthropic foundations have played in these Green Revolutions, specifically looking at the way they construct depoliticized narratives, reorganize class divisions, and co-opt social resistance to perpetuate existing capitalist power structures at the expense of marginalized populations.