GS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter Orend 11: Hunger, Sustainable Development Goals, Structural Adjustment
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There would be healthier societies thus less cross border infection. Efforts can be focused worldwide in research and development in environmental issues. Gdp can be high but if gdp per capita is low there will be no real increase in living standards. High gdp per capita does not mean high development either. 2: rates of literacy, rates of disease, rates of educational attainment (highest average education level achieved, distribution of income, gender and minority equality, self reported satisfaction. Fdi: foreign direct investment but tends to disappear rapidly in bad economic climate. Non profit: ngo"s like care, oxfam, engineers without borders. Top down development: direct transfers, us aid to prevent countries from turning to socialism. Had any military transfers, tied aid, corruption, dependency relationship. Sap"s structural adjustment programs were born to help diminish and eradicate corruption and improve life of non elite groups. Transfers (gifts) ceased and now the sap"s were just loans: reduce government intervention, open economies, eliminate corruption.
