Looking more closely at Development?

Many perspectives… difficult to define Progression…? Becoming more advanced or complex…? Improving by expanding…? Resulting in more and better…? How our societies develop, how our nations develop… What makes a country ‘developed’? What is ‘development’???

What is ‘development’ to you? Education Enterprise &Trade Services Energy Justice Medicine Food Security Infrastructure DemocracyFreedom Technology Peace Choice

The Development Compass Rose: A framework for raising questions

What is ‘development’??? Economic – Energy to homes & businesses, increased shipping capacity… Natural (Env) – green energy, freshwater ecosystems damages Social – forced relocation, destruction of ancestral homes, flooding behind dam. Who decides? gov, people, international policy?…

What is ‘development’??? Economic – jobs, taxes…? Natural (Env) – energy efficient, convenience, materials used…? Social – identity, urbanisation, Service provision, personal debt…? Who decides? consumer, builder, banks, planning authorities…?

Consider social, economic, environmental, political… But also culture/tradition… What values do we uphold? What compromises do we make? Perspectives on Development development V preservation

" we must embark on a bold new program for making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. … More than half the people of the world are living in conditions approaching misery. Their food is inadequate. They are victims of disease. Their economic life is primitive and stagnant. Their poverty is a handicap and a threat both to them and to more prosperous areas. For the first time in history, humanity possesses the knowledge and skill to relieve suffering of these people.” President Harry Truman, 1949 Harry S. Truman, Inaugural Address, 20 January 1949, in Documents on American Foreign Relations, Connecticut: Princeton University Press, 1967 Perspectives on Development development and underdevelopment

“on that day 2 billion people became underdeveloped… from that time on, they ceased being what they were, in all their diversity, and were transmogrified into an inverted mirror of others’ reality : … a mirror that belittles them and send them off to the end of the queue, … a mirror that defines their identity, which is really that of a heterogenous and diverse majority, simply in the terms of a homogenizing narrow minority”. Gustavo Esteva (in Sachs, W. 2010, p.2) W. Sachs, 2010, (ed.) The Development Dictionary: a Guide to Knowledge as Power, 2 nd Edition, London: Zed Books. Perspectives on Development the creation of ‘underdevelopment’

Modernisation ideas: Perspectives on Development Modernisation theory Economic view

Perspectives on Development Dependency 5:50:500 Give and take, mostly take…

Perspectives on Development grassroots development e.g. Grameen Bank (GB) removed the need for collateral, bank is based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh. October, 2011: 2,565 branches covering 97 % of total villages million borrowers, 97 % are women Weaving is one of the industries supported by the bank. Image from

Debt: IMF & World Bank - issuing of loans to ‘developing countries’, -Loans to developing countries from OPEC countries and private banks in 1960s -Drop in prices of commodities (e.g. coffee, cotton, copper), increased in tariffs, increases in interest rates – difficult to service loans Mexico unable to pay -Debt crisis, Structural Adjustment Programmes Available to download at: Perspectives on Development The origins and impact of Debt

Sustainable Development: is that which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (Brundtland Report, 1987) It identified 3 components to sustainable development: economic growth, environmental protection, and social equity, and suggested that all three could be achieved by gradually changing the ways in which we develop and use technologies (Environmental Literacy Council, 2006). Bruntland, G (ed) (1987) Our Common Future: The World Commission on Environment and Development, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Environmental Literacy Council, 2006, Available at accessed Perspectives on Development Sustainable Development

Economic Only: World Bank measures GNI or GDP (%) UNDP: Human Development Index (HDI) measures Education, Health, Population, Economy (0-1) Gini Factor: Measures inequality in a country (0-100) The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), 10 factors including nutrition and sanitation The Happy Planet – an index of human well-being and environmental impact Perspectives on Development How it is measured

Perspectives on Development How it is measured - HDI

Norway – 25 Australia – 30.5 Netherlands – 30.9 United States - 45 New Zealand – 36.2 Canada – 32.1 Ireland Lichtenstein - x Germany - 27 Sweden = perfectly equal 100 = perfectly unequal Perspectives on Development How it is measured – Gini Index (measures equality)

Years of Schooling: deprived if no household member has completed 5 yrs of schooling Child School Attendance: deprived if any school-aged child is not attending school up to class 8 Child Mortality: deprived if any child has died in the family Nutrition: deprived if any adult or child for whom there is nutritional information is malnourished Electricity: deprived if the household has no electricity Sanitation: deprived if the household’s sanitation facility is not improved (according to MDG guidelines), or it is improved but shared with other households MDG Drinking Water: deprived if the household does not have access to safe drinking water (according to MDG guidelines) or safe drinking water is more than a 30-minute walk from home roundtrip Floor: deprived if the household has a dirt, sand or dung floor Cooking Fuel: deprived if the household cooks with dung, wood or charcoal Assets: ownership: deprived if the household does not own more than one radio, TV, telephone, bike, motorbike or refrigerator and does not own a car or truck nutrition and sanitation Perspectives on Development Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)

Perspectives on Development Happy Planet Index 78: Ireland – 42.6

Development is “growing social inclusion through rising living standards, meaningful employment, active political and social participation and a satisfying cultural life, extending to all sectors of society and thus widening life choices and possibilities for the great majority. (Kirby, P. 1997) Perspectives on Development …one definition Kirby, P. (1997) Poverty Amid Plenty: World and Irish Development Considered Dublin: Trócaire

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Combating inequalities of development: Millennium Development Goals

2011 was €659 million % GNP 2010 was €671.4 million % GNP 2009 was €722 million % GNP 2008 was €920 million - ? % GP 2000 was €254 million - 0.3% of GNP EU target is 0.7% of GNP by 2015 Image: 2009 Irish Aid Annual Report Combating inequalities of development: Irish Aid – Overseas Development Aid (ODA)…

Irish Aid has 9 priority countries Ireland - Overseas Development Aid Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland

Overseas Development Aid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

Overseas Development Aid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

Overseas Development Aid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

Overseas Development Aid Taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2009

Self Help Africa (Ireland) “On a continent where up to 75% of people rely on small-scale agriculture for their survival, we believe that it is only by tackling the challenges faced by rural farming communities that real and sustained economic progress can be made across sub-Saharan Africa. Action for Development (Uganda) Action for Development is an indigenous, voluntary, non-governmental women's organization working to have women’s voices heard in the community. Combating inequalities of development: NGO work…

e.g. Grameen Bank (GB) removed the need for collateral, bank is based on mutual trust, accountability, participation and creativity. provides credit to the poorest of the poor in rural Bangladesh. October, 2011: 2,565 branches covering 97 % of total villages million borrowers, 97 % are women Weaving is one of the industries supported by the bank. Image from Combating inequalities of development: Grassroots development projects…

Combating inequalities of development: Campaigning and Advocacy… Red nose day, UK… raising money for development projects – solution? Or not?

Recommended Websites

Recommended Readings Book Title: Learning to Read the World, Authors: Audrey Bryan, Meliosa Bracken, Published: 2011, Available to download at: Book Title: 80:20 Development in an Unequal World, (6th Edition) Colm Regan (ed.) Purchase from Journal Title: Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review. Available to download at: Paper: Soft versus Critical Global Citizenship Education, Author: Vanessa Andreotti. Available to download from: ritical_Global_Citizenship_Education_2006_ ritical_Global_Citizenship_Education_2006_