In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology and Sociology of Development

President of the committee:

• Ms Graziella Moraes Dias Da Silva, Associate Professor

Members of the committee:

• Ms Isabelle Schulte-Tenckhoff, Honorary Professor, Thesis Director
• Ms Graziella Moraes Dias Da Silva, Associate Professor, Internal Reader
• Mr Noel B. Salazar, Research Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Leuven, Belgium