2.5 Global Development issues
LE
ARNING GOALS
After passing the course, students are able to:
Access the causes for the growth and stagnation of countries: economic,
(international) politics- and policy-related, institutional, and cultural;
Evaluate main theories on effective and inclusive development strategies and
main historical experiences with development strategies
Evaluate the opportunities and limitations of international and national
responses to global poverty and (gender) inequality, in particular the Sustainable
Development Goals, foreign aid, and national social policies in developing
countries;
Compare and create relevant indicators for assessing development, poverty and
(gender) inequality;
Estimate a possible cause for development applying cross-country Ordinary
Least Squares (OLS) multiple regression analysis
Chapter Division (to be deleted later)
Lectures 5 7 8
Notes for tutorials
,Contents
Learning Goals.................................................................................................................. 1
Tutorial Notes................................................................................................................... 4
Tutorial 2:...................................................................................................................... 4
Lecture Notes................................................................................................................... 6
Lecture 1: Introduction.................................................................................................. 6
Lecture 2 global development issues (chapter 3)........................................................10
Lecture 3: Global Development Issues – Politics, Institutions, and Culture..................12
Lecture 5:.................................................................................................................... 24
Lecture 6: Foreign Aid and Development....................................................................25
Lecture 7:.................................................................................................................... 32
Lecture 8:.................................................................................................................... 33
Readings......................................................................................................................... 34
[Szirmai] Chapter 1: Developing Countries and the Concept of Development............34
Chapter 3 – Growth and Stagnation: Theories and Experiences..................................41
Chapter 6:................................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 11: State formation and political aspects of development.............................57
Chapter 12: Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Development............................74
OPHI – Chapter I. Global Overview............................................................................... 79
OPHI – Chapter 2. MPI in India: A Case Study..............................................................81
Women’s Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints.....................82
Sarah Bradshaw, Joshua Castellino and Bineta Diop...................................................82
INTRODUCING THE HISTORICAL GENDER EQUALITY INDEX.........................................85
Selin Dilli, Sarah G. Carmichael, and Auke Rijpma......................................................85
,Inequality, poverty, and antipoverty transfers............................................................90
Armando Barrientos.................................................................................................... 90
[Kumi, Arhin & Yeboah] Can Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals Survive
Neoliberalism? A Critical Examination of the Sustainable Development-Neoliberalism
Nexus in Developing Countries.................................................................................... 99
[Beegle] Poverty Rising in Africa: Africa Poverty Report............................................103
Chapter 14 – Foreign Aid and Development..............................................................106
, TUTORIAL NOTES
TUTORIAL 2:
Today’s tutorial focused on three statements that are listed below in tables. The
arguments listed represent arguments posed by the students.
Statement: Rapid population growth is a positive factor for development.
Positive Negative
YES WE CAN BUT HOW?
Growing population = labour force Counter: only if the economy can
supply grows window of opportunity absorb the added workforce,
(period where young babies have otherwise you’re left with a big group
grown into productive adults, of unemployed people.
dependency ratio = lower)
Creative solutions to scarcity Employment challenge vs employment
challenges opportunities. Rapidly growing labor
Dealing with scarcity leads to force, however there has to productive
innovation and paid employment to compensate
this to avoid problems.
Expanding market for goods and Requires growth of production of
services growth of production (when goods and services
there is more people, there are more
customers niche markets can
thrive)
Opportunities for productive Neo-Malthusian trap when you have
investments and stimulate savings population growth, you have …
growth, but if there is no investment
to develop income to surpass
population growth it will stagnate.
Health and education
Environmental degradation lots of
people take up lots of natural
resources which stimulated climate
change.
Conclusion: It depends! No right or wrong answer. Why is there population change?
Situational factors!
Statement: If governments must choose in investing in health care or
investing in education, which should they choose?
Health care Education
Higher quantity workforce Higher quality workforce
Reinforcement of existing structures Structural change
Short-term Long-term
You cannot educate people if they are Human capital theory promote
dead. 6.9 children in 2011 died from economic growth and development,
preventable diseases before they were investing in physical capital is not
5 and able to go to school. Investing in sufficient.
healthcare is more important than
investing in their education.
Most of the decrease in infant Education lead to skills that enhance
mortality is due to technological equality and new production system
LE
ARNING GOALS
After passing the course, students are able to:
Access the causes for the growth and stagnation of countries: economic,
(international) politics- and policy-related, institutional, and cultural;
Evaluate main theories on effective and inclusive development strategies and
main historical experiences with development strategies
Evaluate the opportunities and limitations of international and national
responses to global poverty and (gender) inequality, in particular the Sustainable
Development Goals, foreign aid, and national social policies in developing
countries;
Compare and create relevant indicators for assessing development, poverty and
(gender) inequality;
Estimate a possible cause for development applying cross-country Ordinary
Least Squares (OLS) multiple regression analysis
Chapter Division (to be deleted later)
Lectures 5 7 8
Notes for tutorials
,Contents
Learning Goals.................................................................................................................. 1
Tutorial Notes................................................................................................................... 4
Tutorial 2:...................................................................................................................... 4
Lecture Notes................................................................................................................... 6
Lecture 1: Introduction.................................................................................................. 6
Lecture 2 global development issues (chapter 3)........................................................10
Lecture 3: Global Development Issues – Politics, Institutions, and Culture..................12
Lecture 5:.................................................................................................................... 24
Lecture 6: Foreign Aid and Development....................................................................25
Lecture 7:.................................................................................................................... 32
Lecture 8:.................................................................................................................... 33
Readings......................................................................................................................... 34
[Szirmai] Chapter 1: Developing Countries and the Concept of Development............34
Chapter 3 – Growth and Stagnation: Theories and Experiences..................................41
Chapter 6:................................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 11: State formation and political aspects of development.............................57
Chapter 12: Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Development............................74
OPHI – Chapter I. Global Overview............................................................................... 79
OPHI – Chapter 2. MPI in India: A Case Study..............................................................81
Women’s Role in Economic Development: Overcoming the Constraints.....................82
Sarah Bradshaw, Joshua Castellino and Bineta Diop...................................................82
INTRODUCING THE HISTORICAL GENDER EQUALITY INDEX.........................................85
Selin Dilli, Sarah G. Carmichael, and Auke Rijpma......................................................85
,Inequality, poverty, and antipoverty transfers............................................................90
Armando Barrientos.................................................................................................... 90
[Kumi, Arhin & Yeboah] Can Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals Survive
Neoliberalism? A Critical Examination of the Sustainable Development-Neoliberalism
Nexus in Developing Countries.................................................................................... 99
[Beegle] Poverty Rising in Africa: Africa Poverty Report............................................103
Chapter 14 – Foreign Aid and Development..............................................................106
, TUTORIAL NOTES
TUTORIAL 2:
Today’s tutorial focused on three statements that are listed below in tables. The
arguments listed represent arguments posed by the students.
Statement: Rapid population growth is a positive factor for development.
Positive Negative
YES WE CAN BUT HOW?
Growing population = labour force Counter: only if the economy can
supply grows window of opportunity absorb the added workforce,
(period where young babies have otherwise you’re left with a big group
grown into productive adults, of unemployed people.
dependency ratio = lower)
Creative solutions to scarcity Employment challenge vs employment
challenges opportunities. Rapidly growing labor
Dealing with scarcity leads to force, however there has to productive
innovation and paid employment to compensate
this to avoid problems.
Expanding market for goods and Requires growth of production of
services growth of production (when goods and services
there is more people, there are more
customers niche markets can
thrive)
Opportunities for productive Neo-Malthusian trap when you have
investments and stimulate savings population growth, you have …
growth, but if there is no investment
to develop income to surpass
population growth it will stagnate.
Health and education
Environmental degradation lots of
people take up lots of natural
resources which stimulated climate
change.
Conclusion: It depends! No right or wrong answer. Why is there population change?
Situational factors!
Statement: If governments must choose in investing in health care or
investing in education, which should they choose?
Health care Education
Higher quantity workforce Higher quality workforce
Reinforcement of existing structures Structural change
Short-term Long-term
You cannot educate people if they are Human capital theory promote
dead. 6.9 children in 2011 died from economic growth and development,
preventable diseases before they were investing in physical capital is not
5 and able to go to school. Investing in sufficient.
healthcare is more important than
investing in their education.
Most of the decrease in infant Education lead to skills that enhance
mortality is due to technological equality and new production system
