Development Economics: the International Perspective

Why are some countries rich while others are poor?

Objective: Given

Theory of Development

4 Types of Economic Systems

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the student will distinguish these systems by discussing, writing, and presenting a response to the 3 economic questions, with 100% accuracy.

Development is…The sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and

communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area.

The scope of economic development includes the process and policies by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people

A level of material comfort as measured by the goods, services, and luxuries available to an individual, group, or nation.

Standard of Living

Specifically, DEVELOPMENT is concerned with3 Key Questions:

1. What Should Be Produced?

2. How Should It Be Produced?

3. For Whom Should It Be Produced?

Why not just live “naturally?” – live off the earth, as Adam and Eve did!

PowerPoint Conclusion Address the 3 Key Economic

Questions:

1. What Should Be Produced?

2. How Should It Be Produced?

3. For Whom Should It Be Produced?

The Four Types of Economic Systems or Models of DevelopmentFour very different types of Economic Systems have evolved as different societies have placed different emphasis on different goals and priorities in their efforts to answer the Three Key Economic Questions.

How do you go from here

to here?

I. Traditional Economy

Family or community based economic system that relies on custom and ritual to make its choices.

Examples:Aborigines (Australia)Yanomami (Amazon)Tribes (Africa/Asia)Any Subsistence Economy

II. Market Economy

Individual or consumer based economic system that relies on the consumption choices of consumers. 

Examples:The U.S.A. (Remember this during Food, Inc.) JapanMost of Latin America

III. Command Economy

Centrally controlled economy where the government makes all decisions.

Examples: Cuba North Korea, China Any Communist Country or Dictatorship

IV. Mixed EconomyCommand & Free Market

Economic system that incorporates some governmental involvement into a market based economy.

Examples:Germany JapanMexicoChina

Theory of DEVELOPMENT

To achieve development countries MUST:

-allocate resources effectively,

-ensure the optimal growth of resources,

-create markets,

-educate its people,

-ensure the flow of economic benefits (employment; income; retirement)

1. Developed – A nation where the average income is higher than in developing nations, where the economy relies on many export goods, and where farming is conducted by advance methods. -High GDP, Exports, Diversification, Education

2. Developing - A nation where the average income is lower than in industrial nations, where the economy relies on a few export crops, and where farming is conducted by primitive methods.

-Low GDP, Exports, Diversification, Education

GDP - total dollar value of all final goods and services produced in a nation in a single year.

Exports – goods sold to other countries.

Diversification – spreading of investments among several different types of accounts to lower overall risk.

Education- the act or process if imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing one self or others intellectually for mature life.

Crop – the cultivated produced of the ground; i.e. wheat crop

Primitive – being the first or earliest in existence

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the student will compare and contrast development in our society and the 3rd World by creating a comparison chart listing characteristics for each, with 100% accuracy.

Relate development to our society & the 3rd World

Define 1st and 3rd World

Explain poverty

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TSWBAT write a three paragraph essay on 1st and 3rd world, barriers of development, free market vs. command, or Marx’s class struggle, with 90% accuracy.

Definitions of 1st and 3rd World

Free market solutions

Barriers of Development

Marx’s class struggle

UN, Human Development Index, 2009

Defining the 1st and 3rd World

Sao Paolo, Brazil

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1. First World – refers to developed or industrialized nations such as US; most of Europe; & some of Asia

2. Third World – developing nations such as some LatAm; most Africa; parts of Asia

Characteristics of the 3rd World

1. Low standard of living: low incomes, inequality, poor health and inadequate education

2. Low level of productivity: low education standards, low levels of health care, lack of investment

3. High rates of population growth and high dependency ratios i.e. proportion of the popular under 15 and over 64 who are supported by people between 15 and 64

4. High unemployment and underemployment

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Calcutta, India

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Four Barriers to Growth

1.Institutional and Political Factors

2.International Financial Barriers

3.International Trade Barriers

4.Social and Political Factors

I. Institutional & Political Factors (reasons)a. Ineffective Tax Systemsb. Political Corruption / Instabilityc. Unequal Distribution of Incomed. Informal Markete. Lack of Infrastructure

Political Instability

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USA

GB

France

Germany

Japan

Italy

Canada

Russia

II. International Financial Barriersa. Debtb. Non-Convertible Currencyc. Capital Flight

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III. International Trade Barriersa. Single Crop Economyb. Minimal Exportsc. Maximum Imports

IV. Social & Cultural Barriersa. Religionb. Culturec. Tradition

Market EconomicsWays out of poverty:

I. Natural Factors: abundance or natural resources especially land.

II.Human Factors and Human Capital: skills, experience, education and health of the population

III.Physical Capital: Accumulation of factors of production especially infrastructure

IV.Institutional Factors: banking and finance

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Karl Marx & Frederick Engels on Society & Its Problems

☻The Communist Manifesto (1848) Marx & Engels argued that human history…is the story of social classes and their struggles with each other: bourgeoisie (have) and the proletariat (have not).

☻As long as poor and rich exist, equality = dream.

☻Communism: a system in which all property and wealth is owned in a classless society by all the members of that society.

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Karl Marx on Society & its Problems

☻Society’s problems stem from class struggle – owners of production vs. workers.

☻Businesses seek to monopolize resources to maximize profit.

☻Workers are doomed under Capitalism.

☻Solution to society’s problems: workers take hold of the means of production.

☻How: proletarian revolution to establish new Gov’t with a Command Economy

☻Under CE: production is commanded to serve the interests of the people.

☻Free-Market or Command Economy???

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Models of Development Short Essay Exam

Define the first and third world. Provide and explain at least three characteristics of each.

Explain the “Market Economy” or “Free Market Economic” model AND how this model offers to move nations out of poverty or towards development.

Explain Karl Marx’s “class struggle.” Of the four models of development, explain his model and how it will bring an end to the class struggle.

Directions: on a blank sheet of paper, in the best writing possible, answer one of the following questions in 1-3 paragraphs.

Explain the four barriers of development or growth.