Political Science 2231E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank, Emerging Power
7 Mar 2015
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Global south : non-communist, non-capitalist, non-advanced, primitive, third. Non-capitalist bcuz more primitive: third estate of global politics. Engaged in agricultural system of production, tribal system. Nigmendra narain, poli sci 2231e: intro to ir, 2014-15: page 1 of 7. The things we label of are combined: capital accumulation, rising per capita income. Everyone per head has higher income: falling birth rates and death rates. Good pre-natal health: higher education and skills should emerge. Low skills should become high end and skilled: new technologies. Advances to agriculture, pesticides, construction of high tech factories: social, economic & political changes. Rights of women and children, greater diversity economically, and mobility. Build democratic systems of gov"t: measuring development, gdp = simple: per capita wealth. Wealth in the state divided by capita: human development index = complex. Credit access is part of the problem because it"s an illusion of wealth: paths, import-substitution development (40s-80s) Use of high tariffs against foreign competitors.
