INTLSTD 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Good Governance, Donots, Takers

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20 Aug 2016

School

U of M

Department

International Studies

Course

INTLSTD 101

Professor

Greta Uehling

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Absolute poverty: to lack basic human needs (food, water, clothes, shelter, healthcare) Relative poverty: to lack socially acceptable level of resources (all depends on your social context) Within absolute poverty: extreme = less than . 25 a day moderate = less than . 00 a day why should we care? moral reasons can be political unstable, can fall into conflict, etc. and these problems tend to spread. Development = a concept with a history , and a set of explanatory theories a set of activities aimed at achieving better lives for people (we are unlikely to accomplish our objectives without understanding history) Beginnings of global economy in colonialism origins of the world capitalist economy portrayed as bringing a better standard of living, benefits criticized as a form of exploitation and oppression. Economic liberalism (response to mercantilism) began in 18th century. Adam smith, david, ricardo minimal state intervention if u protect your domestic market, you might be distorting prices which will slow growth.

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Do you believe that globalization brings more positive benefits or more negative consequences to the world? Do you believe that the negative consequences could be controlled? Why or why not? What do you think should be done?

Source for assignment:

Reading Assignment

Read the following two brief articles regarding poverty and inequality in the world:

http://www.sharing.org/why-nations-need-to-share/global-poverty-inequality

http://www.sharing.org/information-centre/articles/aid-debt-and-development-overview

Then, read the interview with Dr. Vandana Shiva, of India, the author of Soil Not Oil: Justice in An Age of Climate Crisis:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11540

Here is a summary of the reading:

The gap between the rich and the poor is growing wider

Economic aid is linked to economic control

Popular media is linked to economic power

Concerns over sustainability, food production and availability, and equality

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In its most recent report, the IPCC concludes that the average temperature of the earth's surface has risen by 0.6 Â°C since the late 1800s. It is expected to increase by another 1.4â5.8 Â°C by the year 2100 â a rapid and profound change.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 1.5 billion people live in cities with unsafe levels of airborne particulate matter

Changes in temperature and rainfall conditions influence transmission patterns for many diseases,

The livelihood of more than half of the economically active population in the developing world directly depends in whole or part on the environment through agriculture, as well as animal husbandry, hunting, fishing, forestry, and foraging. This alone underscores the importance of the central place of environment in the emerging post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals.

1. Do you agree or Disagree on the importance environmentally sustainable development. Explain why?

2. Are developed countries more responsible for damage to the climate?(due to build up in the past)

3. What, if any, is the responsibility of the developed world to assist lesser developed countries with resilience to climate change?

4. Should the burden of sustainable development and to clean up be shared according to current population, proportional to GDPpc, or current emissions? that isShould the burden of cleaning or cutting back on emission be distributed among countries such that

a) one with more population

b) one with higher GDP per capita

c) one which has higher emissions

5. What can we as individuals do?

1. Countries tend to be classified as more or less developed based on

a. the literacy rate.

b. the poverty rate.

c. the level of income per capita.

d. the types of goods they produce.

2. A subsistence economy is

a. a very low income economy.

b. an economy in which people make what they consume.

c. an economy in which people receive food for pay.

d. all of the above.

3. Development economics is the study of the

a. alleviation of absolute poverty.

b. transformation of institutions.

c. allocation of resources in developing countries.

d. all of the above.

4. Which of the following is not an important objective of development?

a. increases in per capita income

b. the expansion of available choices

c. increases in individual and national self-esteem

d. all of the above are important objectives of development

5. The core values of development include

a. increasing income per person.

b. reducing the inequality of income.

c. the ability to meet basic needs.

d. all of the above.

6. An example of an upper-middle income country is

a. India.

b. Brazil.

c. Indonesia.

d. Nigeria.

7. A newly industrialized country is

a. the same as a high-income country.

b. any country that has experienced sustained growth in industry.

c. a special classification given to some upper-middle income countries that have
achieved relatively advanced manufacturing sectors.

d. any country that has moved out of lower income status.

8. Which of the following is not an upper-middle income country?

a. Brazil

b. South Africa

c. Pakistan

d. Argentina

9. One of the components of the human development index is

a. the percentage of the population who are high school graduates.

b. the average daily intake of protein.

c. life expectancy at birth.

d. the number of doctors per hundred people in the population.

10. The number of units of developing country currency required to purchase a basket of goods and services in a developing country that costs one dollar in the U.S. is given by

a. GNI price deflator.

b. Human Development Index ranking.

c. purchasing power parity.

d. the exchange rate.

Part B: Quantitative Analysis (Show all your work with graphical analysis).

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