SOSC 1430 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Harry S. Truman, Marshall Plan, Global Apartheid
3 Oct 2016
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The idea of development - invented in the post-second world war to describe the process by which backward" countries would catch up with the industrialized world - courtesy of its assistance. Many projects are justi ed in the name of development - this term covers a host of activities as both means and ends, but unquestionably includes infrastructural projects. According to one estimate, 10 million people a year worldwide suffer forced displacement from the construction of dams and urban transportation systems alone. May also constitute ethnic cleansing in disguise, since a disproportionate number of the dispossessed are from minority groups. Many projects that precipitate displacement turn out to have been over-optimistic in cost- bene t projections - also contribute to the load of debt under which the country staggers. As a consequence, extra national resources are spent on paying back creditors instead of on the education, health, water supplies, and livelihood support the poorest people need.
