Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is Development by Hickel? Why are some countries poor?
The west (or global north) made the global south poor and they kept them poor
Solutions of under-development by Hickel
Needs to be radical restructuring of global systems to make it fairer
Solution for development by many development practitioners
Poor countries need more aid, more trade, better training/skills, new and improved technologies so the west especially the USA needs to focus more attention on the poor countries
Hickel what keeps poor countries poor on the macro-level
The transfer from poor to wealthy countries is more than 20 times higher than foreign aid
What is the transfer of money in and out?
Foreign Aid (2017) = $128 billion; Loss from outflows fro poor countries to rich = > 2.5 trillion
For Sen what keeps countries poor on the micro level?
The lack of different freedoms keeps people poor and thus countries poor. Such as freedom from hunger, health, political oppression, market disadvantages, pursue of meaningful life and livelihoods
What is the opposite of ‘unfreedoms’?
The lack of freedom to avoid hunger, poor health, and political oppression
But who defines freedom?
We do not fully know but it depends on the culture
Cultural Relativism
The assessment of a culture in terms of the culture’s values rather than evaluating it in terms of another culture
Evidence for development for Sen
Scale of data and Statistics. Macro stats on income, life expectancy, education, and disease/ health improvement all show significant progress over the past 40 years
Evidence for development for Hickel
The macro statistics mask many issues. Most of the gain relates to China’s achievements. hides the significant inequality within countries and between countries. Usues an uncually low poverty indicator of $1-2/day rather than the more realistic $4/day.
Global inequality
small number of billionaires have wealth equivalent to about 50 percent of the world’s population
Evidence for development for development experts
the statistics speak for themselves. Demography favors low-income countries. Rich countries are in a demographic deficit, which does not bode well for consumption-driven economies and aging populations.
Gini coefficient
the measure of development. Many countries have increasingly high levels of inequality. The US gini co-efficient is 0.41 (closest to 0 is more equal)
NGO
non-governmental organization
Bi-lateral Development Agency
Foreign aid from one country. Example USAID - aid from the United States Agency for International Development
Multi-lateral Development Agency
Agency that represents multiple countries. Example UNDP - united nations development programme or the world bank FAO - food and agriculture organization
Point 4
First US foreign aid/technical assistance focused on developing countries post World War 2
Development
The process of improvement to people’s level of well-being, their quality of life, and their capacity to participate in the political, social, and economic systems that influence their well-being.
Who defines what is the goal of development?
In the past it was defined in terms of Economic goal: increase GNP (gross national product) and GDP (Gross domestic product). Other goals Basic need goal: access to health, shelter, food, and security; Human development goal
How to achieve development depends on the goal and definition of development
Market-led/private sector, government-led, or a combination of the two
Government approach
targets underdevelopment such as poverty and time
Market approach
Assumes benefits of the market will be dispersed widely
Market-led Growth Oriented: Trickle Down
focus on wealthiest/ most productive segment of society and wealth will trickle down to others
Reasons for economic growth-oriented development strategy
Fear of communism/post WWII and walter Rostow, economist to achieve economic development. Factories, Infrastructure: roads, railroads, and ports.
Modernization effort
Modernization is planned change to instill Western modern technologies and values into non-Western cultures and areas
Human Development Approach/Index (HDI)
Health - life expectancy, child mortality, nutrition and disease burden, education, standard of living. Come up with a measure between 0-1
Basic Human Needs Approach
focus more on people and their basic human needs
Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP)
Initiatives to reduce the role of governments in economic activities and open up countries to global markets; privatize economy and even social services; and balance budgets by reducing expenditures to social services and programs - health and education
Eurocentrism
Implies having power over knowledge systems and because of this is regarded as reflecting existing class, gender, and ethnic power relations such that the opinions of ‘White middle-class or elite meant in the North and their institutions are privileged
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Countries - 37 democratize countries that Sen says many give aid