Defining and Measuring development, underdevelopment and global inequality
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- Defining and measuring development, underdevelopment and global inequality
- Defining development and underdevelopment
- Peet and Hartwick
- Development means 'making a better life for everyone'
- Development should mean improvement or progress for people who desperately need positive change in their lives
- The terminology problem
- First World
- After the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the rise of China as a superpower, many of these terms have been abandoned
- More economically developed countries
- Wealthy industrial-capitalist countries
- Newly industrialised countries
- 'Asian Tiger' economies
- Less economically developed socities
- Brazil, India and Mexico
- least economically developed societies
- The poorest countries in the worrld
- More economically developed countries
- After the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the rise of China as a superpower, many of these terms have been abandoned
- Second World
- After the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the rise of China as a superpower, many of these terms have been abandoned
- More economically developed countries
- Wealthy industrial-capitalist countries
- Newly industrialised countries
- 'Asian Tiger' economies
- Less economically developed socities
- Brazil, India and Mexico
- least economically developed societies
- The poorest countries in the worrld
- More economically developed countries
- After the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the rise of China as a superpower, many of these terms have been abandoned
- Third World
- First World
- Peet and Hartwick
- Measuring development and underdevelopment
- Development as economic wellbeing
- Measured using measurements such as Gross National Product
- Inconsistences in the ways countries collect such data
- Black
- GNP collection neglects the invisible and frequently illegal 'economies of subsistence'
- Peet and Hartwick
- GNP statistics say very little about development
- Measured using measurements such as Gross National Product
- Development as social wellbeing
- Measurements of development should also focus on social indications of development
- Development should mean the end to subsistence poverty and the right to experience 'social wellbeing'
- Measurements of development should also focus on social indications of development
- Development as economic wellbeing
- Sustainable development: The environmentalist perspective
- Development should be eco-friendly and not jeopardise the right of future generations to experience the same living standards as current generations
- Black
- Sustainable development aims to improve the living standards of people in the developing world
- Millennium Development Goals
- UN
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
- Collier
- Under-development has been partly been brought about by poor governance by the elites of these developing nations
- UN
- Modernisation Theory
- McMichael
- It became clear after the Second World War, many countries in Asia, Africa, Latin and America and the Caribbean were remaining poor despite being exposed to capitalism
- Rist
- It became clear after the Second World War, many countries in Asia, Africa, Latin and America and the Caribbean were remaining poor despite being exposed to capitalism
- Huntington
- Modernisation is an evolutionary process that brings about revolutionary change
- Mckay
- Modernisation offers economic and social benefits to poorer countries
- McMichael
- Defining development and underdevelopment
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