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05: 23 April, 2010
01. E-course : Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev)
SECTION A : DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.
Study value :
04 points out of 18.
Indicative
study time: 112 hours out of 504.
Study points
are awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
First block : Poverty and quality of life.
Study value :
02 points out of 18.
Indicative
study time: 57 hours out of 504.
Study points are
awarded only after the consolidated exam for Section A : Development
Problems has been passed.
First block : Poverty and quality of life.
First Block : Section 1.
Analysis of the causes of poverty. [26.50 hours]
First Block : Section 2. Services needed for a good quality of
life.
First Block : Exam. [ 4 hours each attempt]
Block 1 of Section
1. Analysis of the causes of poverty. [26.50 hours]
Part 2 : In depth
analysis of the causes of poverty. [14.00
hours]
01. In depth : definition
of poverty.
02. In depth : some
factors linked with poverty.
03. In depth : debts and
subsidies.
04. In depth : financial
leakages : food and water industries.
05. In depth : financial
leakage : energy.
06. In depth : financial
leakage : means of communication..
07. In depth : financial
leakage : health and education.
08. In depth : financial
leakage : theft of resources.
09. In depth : financial
leakage : corruption.
10. In depth : the
industry of poverty.
Report on Section 1 of
Block 1 : [06.00 Hours]
Part 2 : In depth
analysis of the causes of poverty. [14.00
hours]
01. In depth : definition
of poverty. (At least one hours).
“Endless economic growth driven by unbridled
consumption has been elevated to the status of a modern religion. ” Renner M., Moving Toward a Less
Consumptive Society, Chapter 5, pp. 96- 119 of the State of the
World Report,
“If the desire of acquiring goods and services that at
current practises generate waste and promote unsustainable use of the earth’s
resources was not present in society, sustainability would not be an issue”. (Towards Sustainable
Consumption : An Economic Conceptual Framework, Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Working Party on National Environmental Policy,
“We will not significantly
change the potentially unsustainable aspects of human activity unless we can
develop an economic environment within which they are no longer attractive.” (Towards Sustainable
Consumption : An Economic Conceptual Framework (above p. 8),
citing Heal, G. (1998), Valuing the Future: Economic Theory and Sustainability, Columbia
University Press.
Look at the following slide:
References to poverty in the slide appear to be economic in nature.
1. Opinion.
How can money become a market limitation?
2. Opinion.
How is it possible to
«create » scarcity? Who
creates it?
The verb “perceive” is used in connection with poverty. Perception is subjective.
A wide literature is available on the definition of poverty.
“The Programme of Action of the World Summit for
Social Development (United Nations, 2006, resolution 1, annex II) characterized
poverty as follows:
Poverty has various manifestations, including lack of
income and productive resources sufficient to ensure sustainable livelihoods;
hunger and malnutrition;
ill health; limited or lack of access to education and
other basic services; increased morbidity and mortality from illness;
homelessness and inadequate housing; unsafe environments; and social
discrimination and exclusion. It is also characterized by a lack of
participation in decision-making and in civil, social and cultural life (par.
19). ” Rethinking Poverty
: Report on the World Social Situation 2010 , United Nations, Department of
Economic and Social Affairs, New York 2009 (ISBN 978-92-1-130278-3).
“Quality of life includes the full range of factors
that make life worth living, including those that are not captured by monetary
measures.” Stiglitz J., Sen A, Fitoussi J-P (coordinators), Report by the
Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress.,
Report
for the President of France, www.stiglitz-sen-fitoussi.fr,
Paris, September 2009, p.216 . Chapter 2
of the summary and chapter 2 of the body of this report provide a detailed
analysis of the term “quality of life” with particular reference to its
subjective elements..
3. Research.
List the
references you have consulted on the definition of poverty.
Read
material in the Model for integrated development projects which refers to
poverty :
◄ First block :
Poverty and quality of life.
◄ Index : Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip.Int.Dev)