I'm speaking specifically of economic development in the "developing world" (i.e. poor countries).
Most people would probably agree that economic development is a good thing.
But I am looking for critiques of economic development. Please give me your thoughts if you can think of reasons why development is not always the best thing for a group of people, and list any articles or sources I might consult.
2006-09-03 14:06:28 · 4 answers · asked by worldpeace 4 in Social Science ➔ Economics
why development is not always the best thing for a group of people? because it's the poor that's not benifitting from the so call 'economic development' the rich gets richer & the poor gets poorer, search the web with the key words economic, development ,GDP, wealth distrubution etc...
2006-09-03 14:22:28 · answer #1 · answered by Dreamweaver 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it's unnatural as the economic development in the communist countries , there isn't competition for get the best of anything and supply on demand , people buying not what they want but what they can get : and in the savage capitalist country where the people are considered only as work-force and suckers buyers and not the supreme value of the world , the first thing anyone should invest first .
2006-09-03 21:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by Paul Alexandru Cazacliu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not a professional but if you need an answer just look at what is happening to the rainforest in southamerica in the intrest of economic development.
2006-09-03 21:17:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Development in third world tends to displace communities.
check Aswan Dam
2006-09-03 22:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋