SOSC 2800 Lecture 15: Week 15 - Health, Education and Development

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 2800
• Professor: Merouan Mekouar

Document Summary

Sosc 2800 - development in comparative and historical perspective january 23rd, 2017. Education in the developing world: positively associated with development. In the developing world: rigid structure inherited from colonial rule, top-down approach. Inefficient: considerable needs, 1. 6 million teachers needed in sub-saharan africa, ngos now significant actors. Education and international development: two contradictory perspectives, utilitarian perspective, blames the poor for their failure, transformative view of education, focus on empowerment. Health in the developing world: health issues extremely important, 3 of the 8 millennium development goals, reducing child mortality. Health and development: mega-(cid:272)ities i(cid:374) the de(cid:448)elopi(cid:374)g (cid:449)orld , lack resources for sanitation and public health networks. Sosc 2800 - development in comparative and historical perspective january 23rd, 2017: rural areas ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ges too, environmental destruction heightens health issues, new diseases, the example of the diama dam (senegal) Infected local irrigation canals: new epidemic of schistosomiasis disease, oropouche disease (brazil, dengue fever (philippines)