go131: international relations professor walter hatch colby college north vs south
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Global Poverty: Some Facts
34 percent of Africans are chronically undernourished
Nearly half of all adults in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia are illiterate
Clean water is scarce. One fifth of the world’s population lacks access to safe drinking water
Marxist View
European colonialism and imperialism
Dependency and neo-dependencyGunder Frank
Role of the state?Iran in 1953
Guatemala in 1954
Chile in 1973
Liberal View
Third World is victim of its own bad policies
Economists: “Get prices right”
Bruce Scott: “Get institutions right”
Demographers: “Get population right”
Modes of North-South Interaction
TradeFDITechnology TransferForeign Aid (ODA)
Infrastructure and social programsDoes it help or hurt?
Debt restructuring and reliefParis ClubLondon Club
The Third World RespondsCalls for Reform
New International Economic Order (1973)UNCTAD & UNDPG-20 in WTO
Calls for RevolutionChina (1949)Cuba (1959)Algeria (1962)Vietnam, Cambodia, Angola, Mozambique (1975)Nicaragua and Iran (1979)Afghanistan (1992)