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Other Agencies of Development. Potential Questions we might be answering. Evaluate the view that Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have had a significant part to play in the existence of global inequality . (30 )
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Potential Questions we might be answering • Evaluate the view that Transnational Corporations (TNCs) have had a significant part to play in the existence of global inequality. (30) • Evaluate sociological explanations of ethnic inequalities in the developing world. (30)
States (countries) • How is the state different from the government? • Governments are temporary • The state encompasses: legal system, police, civil service, military • What kind of people control the state? • The difference between modernisation and neo-liberal when we think about states?
What can the states do? • Support development – Runs the infrastructure – buys goods – employs the population • Development states • These are the kind of states modernists like
Neo-Liberal • States do the bare minimum required and allow transnationals and businesses to develop the country
Block • Corruption • Spending on bureaucracies • Predatory states – prey on their own people so the people at the top get very wealthy – i.e. D R Congo • What theory would argue that these blocks are the reason for a lack of development?
International Government Organisations (IGO) • The UN • Made up of: • The General Assembly • The Security Council (5 permanent members – UK, USA, France, Russia, China) • How would dependency theorists view the 5 permanent members? • In the general assembly third world nations have a vote – How would modernisation theorists view this?
What does the UN do? • Development Program – Measures development – gives loans for sustainable development • WHO – World Health Organisation • WFP – World Food Program • FAO – Food and Agriculture Program • Refugee program • Peacekeeping
World Bank • Member states all pay in money and it is then used for development projects • The more money a country pays in the more its vote counts for • It lends at low rates to developing countries • It often dictates what projects should be carried out
IMF and WTO • IMF polices international debt • It can lend to developed countries • Neo-liberal policies/structural adjustment programs • Short term interests • The WTO tries to introduce neo-liberal policies to world trade • Has been unable to stop developed countries using subsidies