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Ajit Rai
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Underdevelopment: Primarily what ?
October 6, 2004 - 12:58 PM
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It is argued that underdevelopment is primarily an outcome of a particular socio-economic system rather than a product of the fact that resources are rare , and that resources available are not yet utilized properly. Do you have well - reasoned attitudes towards this line of argument?
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Re: Underdevelopment: Primarily what ?
October 7, 2004 - 04:25 AM
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NO. Underdevelopment happens only if people refuse to develop. If they want, lack of resources is not a real problem - Humanity is greatest resource of all times. Think about that. Hope exist and its very big one too.
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12 Myths
October 20, 2004 - 10:08 AM
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I read a book this year about poverty entitled World Hunger: Twelve Myths. Basically it supports your statement that "underdevelopment is primarily an outcome of a particular socio-economic system rather than a product of the fact that resources are rare." I disagree with Kaiser, that underdevelopment happens only if people refuse to develop. There are many people that have ambition to escape their poor condition, but due to socio-economic systems it is too difficult to realize significant progress. Many times, I dare say most of the time, underdevelopment is not the cuase of the victims, but the cause of the rich. You can get a good summary of the book from this website:
http://www.foodfirst.org/pubs/backgrdrs/1998/s98v5n3.html "People will feed themselves, if allowed to do so. It's not our job to 'set things right' for others. Our responsibility is to remove the obstacles in their paths, obstacles often created by large corporations and U.S. government, World Bank and IMF policies."
-from Myth 9 of World Hunger: 12 Myths
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