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