Bilingual Intercultural Education (BIE) and Public Policies. The BIE in the “Planning Frames for Indigenous Peoples” of Programs with external funding

Abstract

We agree with several authors that the economic approach to the educational problems of international organizations implies a great bias, however, in this work we propose a reading of the educational approach in projects financed by the World Bank. Instead of analyzing documents prepared for educational reforms that international organizations understand are necessary, we propose the reading of documents prepared for the execution of public policies where education is strategic, in some cases, key to some ventures. In a first section, international and national regulations regulating intercultural education in Argentina are addressed. In a second section, the policies of international credit organizations regarding Indigenous Peoples are analyzed. In a third section, the so-called “Planning Frames for Indigenous Peoples” are characterized and three examples are offered: RenovAr Program of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (2019); the Water and Sanitation Project, Plan Belgrano, of the Ministry of Public Works of theMinistry of Interior, Public Works and Housing (2017); and the Effective Universal Health Coverage Project of the Ministry of Health of the Nation (2017).Finally, it reflects on the interaction of the Argentine State, the financial sector and the indigenous peoples.