Political Economy

1. Political Economy • Liberalismo • Marxismo Dependency Theory • Mercantilismo (o Statismo)

2. Development thinking • That progress in the poor countries will only be achieved through rapid, high tech industrialisation administered by central-planning board under the eagis of the state; after few years the benefits will “trikle down” to the poor; • Ditto, except that state control and central planning are inefficient and that private entrepreneurs must be given a free hand in the industrialisation process; • That wealth will not trickle down to the poor and that, therefore, dvelopment must be “bottom-up” in design rather than vice versa; • That main focus of development should be on meeting the “basic needs” of poor and vulnerable groups through the provision of primary health care, village-level education systems, food subsidies, etc.; • That it may, unfortunately, be necessary to neglect the basic needs of poor and vulnerable groups in order to achieve “structural adjustment” to a hostile international economic environment; • That it is possible to have “adjustment with human face” that achieves austerity goals but also builds in protections for poorest; • That it is impossible to have adjustment and growth at the same time; • That it is after all possible to have adjustment and growth at the same time.

3. ONU e Sviluppo: attività e organi

4. Il contesto Stati membri NGO’s Configurazione istituzionale NGO’s Stati membri Stati membri MULTILAT. (ONU/UE) STATO RECIPIENT MACRO DECISIONI Stati membri Private Philanthropy Stati membri Fondi e staff Stati membri Bilaterali