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Edition 05: 23 April, 2010

 

01. E-course : Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev)

 

 

Quarter 1.

 

 

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, 2004, A World Watch Institute Report on Progress Toward a Sustainable, Society , Halweil B. and Mastny L. (Project Directors), W.W.Norton, New York and London,  2004, copyright World Watch Institute, Washington, 2004, ISBN 0-393-05860-3 and ISBN 0-303-32539-3 (pbk).

 

“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, Paris, 2002.)

 

“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:

 

1. Poverty.

 

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 :

 

Poverty and its causes.

 



 First  block : Poverty and quality of life.


Index : Diploma in Integrated Development  (Dip.Int.Dev)

 List of key words.

 List of references.

  Course chart.


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