GS101 Lecture 15: International Aid and Development
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Gs101 lesson 15: internaional aid and development (cid:1) Orend"s why list: why would it be important for a country like. If the south becomes richer, it will become a huge new market for goods from the north. If the south becomes wealthier, fewer people will want to leave (less migration to north reducing pressure on northern societies with refugee flows) If the south becomes healthier, less cross-border disease and infection. If the south becomes more stable and peaceful, it will see fewer wars (requiring less northern interventions and making less of a breeding ground for terrorists) If the south becomes more developed, fewer gaps, less inequality, fewer tensions in global politics, greater progress in human rights, progress on the environment (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) What is wrong with orend"s list: disease isn"t always created by poorer countries. Short-term (i. e. disaster situations addressed rapidly, directly in a crisis situation) Per capita gdp vs. hdi (human development index)
