PLCY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Good Governance, Sustainable Development, Health Education
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Inability to access public resources (education, health, infrastructure) Poverty: poor quality of life (for a group or individual) Development: improving the quality of life for a community (economic improvement focus) Human development: improving the quality of life for a community. Poverty alleviation: improving the quality of life for an individual. Less than a day (poverty alleviation) vs bottom billion (human development) High uncertainty high risk narrow focus on today (short-term thinking) Limited safety net (less likely to be able to take risks) Sustainable development (stiglitz): how you grow instead of whether or not you grow. British invested more in colonized countries (institutions) Program providing ways to lift out of poverty and stay out of poverty. Aimed at the poorest of the poor . Productive asset transfer: one-time transfer of a productive asset. Consumption support: a regular transfer of food or cash (up to one year) Technical skills training on managing the particular productive assets.
