POLS 3320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gender Inequality, Standard-Definition Television, Human Development Index

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3320
• Professor: Craig Johnson

Document Summary

Lecture 3: interpreting humanitarianism and foreign aid ii. Argues that the west can help low income countries by providing them with what they need to get out of the trap that they are in because of debt. Criticised by william easterly who says it is a myth and that it does not work. The role of aid in breaking the poverty trap: the big push . Cost of mdgs (sachs, 2005) the international community would have to come up with bn pa. in additional. Oda per year in 2005 and then by 2015 they would need bn pa. The logic is that at the household level debt strategies (ex. Not sending kids to school) are harmful and if we can eliminate this suffering at this level then it would be beneficial. It is more about human development than the infrastructure etc.