Category: Agencies of development
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Global Justice Now – A Useful Example of an NGO
Global Justice Now is a decentralized democratic global social movement which aims to challenge the powerful and create a more equal and just world. It’s a great example of a small, politically oriented NGO (Non-governmental organisation) so makes a great study for that part of the Global Development module within A-level sociology. Some of their…
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The Strengths and Limitations of NGOs in Development
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 agenda as is often the case with government aid, and thus aid is not ‘tied…
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The Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in International Development
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 through a combination of voluntary donations from the public, but also grants from governments and…
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The Role of the World Trade Organisation in International Development
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 the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was signed by the Western powers to…
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Criticisms of the World Bank
The world bank may harm development by forcing countries to pursue neoliberal polices such as privatisation in return for loans.
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The Role of the World Bank in International Development
The world bank provides aid and loans to help the development of the poorest countries, but it has many critics!
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Jeffery Sachs: Arguments for Aid
This post summarises the views of Jeffry Sachs, for a broader post on this topic please see this post here. 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…
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The Role of Transnational Corporations in Development
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 of profit. In this blog I outline some case studies of Corporations exploiting workers. My main…
