POLI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Liberation Theology, Sustainable Development Goals, Civil Society
10 Sep 2016
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Human development index: multidimensional measure that includes: income, life expectancy, education. Third world, underdeveloped, developing-names matter because of. Second world: china, vietnam, before its market reforms. It affects perception and have real consequences: respect. Whatever the name, it is not a monolithic bloc: a political economy approach. The state (without a state, there is no development-e. i syria, somalia) ***in which category do we put terrorists: lessons from international development assistance. For the first time, development becomes an international goal. Origins: post-wwii reconstruction and the marchall plan. Rebuilding what had been the most advanced economically advanced economies of the era (japan, germany, france) *much of the aid was sent to the allies: from the perspective of donor countries. Buildings or less conspicuous inputs for development (like provinding train, things that you don"t get credit for***) As countries get in this, they lose their autonomy. Development agencies (world bank, undp, regional organizations) G8 vs g20 vs those inevitably left out.
