Category Archives: Agencies of development

The Strengths and Limitations of NGOs in Development

Posted on March 8, 2017 by

The advantages of NGO Aid over Official Development Aid Generally smaller and thus more responsive to the needs of local communities than the kinds of large scale development projects undertaken in the days of Modernisation Theory. There is no political … Continue reading →

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The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in International Development

Posted on March 5, 2017 by

There is a very wide range of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). NGOs are groups of concerned citizens who are independent of the government and business, and are thus nominally non-political and non-profit organisations. NGOs typically have charity status and raise funds … Continue reading →

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The Role of the World Trade Organisation in International Development

Posted on February 18, 2017 by

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is the body through which governments and businesses (mainly TNCs) negotiate the rules of trade, and settle trade disputes once these rules have been established. The concept of the WTO first began with the 1947 … Continue reading →

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Criticisms of the World Bank

Posted on February 14, 2017 by

The World Bank claims that its major goal is to promote global development through poverty reduction, but there are many critics who argue this is a smoke-screen, and the real aim of the World Bank is to use conditional loans … Continue reading →

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The Role of the World Bank in International Development

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

The World Bank’s main function is to provide long-term loans to developing countries for development. These loans support a wide array of investments in such areas as education, health, infrastructure, agriculture, and environmental and natural resource management.   According to … Continue reading →

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Arguments for International Development Aid

Posted on January 10, 2016 by

Jeffry Sachs in ‘The End of Poverty’ (2005) makes the case for increasing spending on aid to developing countries. Taken mainly from chapters 12-16 (1) Why is Aid needed? Sachs argues that injections of aid are needed to break the … Continue reading →

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The Role of Transnational Corporations in Development

Posted on January 13, 2015 by

A few criticisms of  the role of Transnational Corporations in International Development  Transnational Corporations are one of the primary agents of Global Capitalism and many have been criticised because of the social and environmental harms they cause in the pursuit … Continue reading →

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