INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Betzig, teacher and economist, discusses his work with foreign aid projects in Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Argentina; their economies, politics, conflicts and relations with the U.S.; social, environmental, and political problems; education, agriculture, and military; and their economic development. He also discusses teaching and writing in Panama and other parts of Latin America before joining the IIAA.

57 pp. Interview by James D. Williams, 1986 Donated by the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, New York. RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or photocopied.