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)

• Evaluate sociological explanations of ethnic inequalities in the developing world. (30)

•What other agencies can stimulate development?

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