IDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gross National Income, Gini Coefficient, List Of Countries' Copyright Lengths

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Chapter 1-meaning, measurement, and morality in international development. Labeling (people, places and processes within international development) make existing practices appear legitimate and shape future policy-making. Modern concept of development is traced back to us president harry truman"s 1949 inaugural address. Embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. More than half of the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery. Their food is inadequate, they are victims of disease. Their economic life is primitive and stagnant for the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowledge and the skill to relieve the suffering of these people . The term underdeveloped implies an universal measurement of development that nations can be assessed against based on inadequate food, primitive economic life, disease and poverty versus scientific advancement, industrial progress and technical knowledge.

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