I could never understand how ccome the IMF/
international finance etc
would only give is loans if the countries in question pledged
cutbacks in social spending. Then the loans end up
financing private enterprise and private profits, and get paid back
from the public purse. Insane. (=capitalist).
And you are desparately trying to find solutions in this same
rotten framework.
Eva
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> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:23:17 PDT
> From: tamojit dutta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: [UNDP]: UNDP and Economic Development
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> Development Economics is never easy. I don't think ANY of us have THE
> right answer. No economist/donor has ALL the solution to poverty, hunger,
> illiteracy, ill health. If indeed we had cracked that solution this
> debate/discussion would have been farcical! There ARE barriers - and very
> real ones at that - but the challenge for the UNDP is to find a consistent
> & collective solution to economic development.
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> I don't think there is any question about the urgency and immediacy of
> action required in developing countries - especially in Sub-Saharan Africa
> and the Indian subcontinent. But we need to define the role of the
> UN/other donors/local govt such that the actions taken collectively are
> timely, appropriate and complementary.
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> I visualise the UNDP as a giant global strategist with a clear long term
> vision. That vision is to 'create entitlements' in developing countries.
> Prof Sen, '98 Noble laureate in Eco, says that it's 'lack of entitlements'
> that result in extreme poverty. Low entitlements is different from low
> incomes for it's entirely possible to be poor in income but rich in
> education, health and gender equality. (e.g the state of Kerala, India) I
> think the UNDP's role is to 'create entitlements' (through education,
> health etc) such that over time developing countries themselves can
> initiate and sustain growth. Also, by 'creating entitlements', Joyce's
> apprehensions would be partly answered. An educated, healthy, aware
> population is a much more potent force in checking corruption, demanding
> growth, forcing democratic decisions. As Prof Sen's fascinating seminal
> work on famines have shown, not a SINGLE famine in the last 40 years has
> been in a democratic country!! That's the power of 'entitlements'.That
> could also be the vision of the UNDP!
>
> Tamojit Dutta
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