Global Development
International Development: Shaping the mosaic
Introduction
We live in a world where information is “mass produced” and “mass utilized” by citizens. One of the concepts that frequently appear on information organs is “development”. Building a school in the heart of Nwametaw is considered as development; constructing a road in New York, Douala or Dakar is regarded nowadays as “development”. Many international events at the limit of legitimacy are considered by many as a step to foster democracy, progress or development.
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We live in a world where information is “mass produced” and “mass utilized” by citizens. One of the concepts that frequently appear on information organs is “development”. Building a school in the heart of Nwametaw is considered as development; constructing a road in New York, Douala or Dakar is regarded nowadays as “development”. Many international events at the limit of legitimacy are considered by many as a step to foster democracy, progress or development.
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What is Development?
When a photographer, an architect or an anatomist talks of development, each scholar in each discipline can trace what his or her colleague meant by development. The case with the word “development” as social change today is more complex. Development has been regarded as creating a modern, industrialized and growing economy in poor countries.
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When a photographer, an architect or an anatomist talks of development, each scholar in each discipline can trace what his or her colleague meant by development. The case with the word “development” as social change today is more complex. Development has been regarded as creating a modern, industrialized and growing economy in poor countries.
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Knowledge, Ideas and development
Much literature has been produced to explain the fact that humanity is entering a new era were information and communication is becoming the most precious resource for whosoever intends to follow the line of progress. Even though many neologisms have been used to describe our era, we believe knowledge and Ideas have always been used by former as well as the present occupiers of the earth to ameliorate their living.
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From evolution to development, changing everything to remain equal
Just like slavery, colonialism, and racism, the concept “development” has undergone many transformations due to the writings of early anthropologists and sociologists. Many scholars have portrayed how the works of some early have helped to legitimate doubtful ideas such slavery, colonialism and racism.
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Just like slavery, colonialism, and racism, the concept “development” has undergone many transformations due to the writings of early anthropologists and sociologists. Many scholars have portrayed how the works of some early have helped to legitimate doubtful ideas such slavery, colonialism and racism.
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Institutional building: From Truman’s Point IV to Sustainable development
The intellectual productions of the enlightenment period and the works of evolutionists helped to give an academic foundation of evolution as a “unilinear”, “circular” or “multilinear” process, legitimating the ideas of western imperialism. To move a step from the academic domain and to render the ideas norms, bilateral and multilateral institutions had to be established to transform and foster the view of development to fit the visions of the dominating nations.
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The intellectual productions of the enlightenment period and the works of evolutionists helped to give an academic foundation of evolution as a “unilinear”, “circular” or “multilinear” process, legitimating the ideas of western imperialism. To move a step from the academic domain and to render the ideas norms, bilateral and multilateral institutions had to be established to transform and foster the view of development to fit the visions of the dominating nations.
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The Afro-Asian Conference of 1955
The conference was called by the government of Birmania, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Pakistan in the Town of Bandung in Indonesia. It saw the presence of 29 countries representing over half the world’s population. It should be noted that this conference took place in the cold war period with most countries taking part in the conference confined in one of the two blocs. The Bandung Conference remains one of the most significant gathering which came out with powerful position from the developing nations.
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The conference was called by the government of Birmania, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia and Pakistan in the Town of Bandung in Indonesia. It saw the presence of 29 countries representing over half the world’s population. It should be noted that this conference took place in the cold war period with most countries taking part in the conference confined in one of the two blocs. The Bandung Conference remains one of the most significant gathering which came out with powerful position from the developing nations.
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Communication and Development
Communication has always been undermined when talking of development. When this has been considered, its role has always being limited to support already existing projects or co-ordinate the work of development workers. For many decades, co-operation for development has focused its attention on aspects such as health, agriculture forgetting many other aspects such as culture, freedom, needed to produce sustainable development.
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Communication has always been undermined when talking of development. When this has been considered, its role has always being limited to support already existing projects or co-ordinate the work of development workers. For many decades, co-operation for development has focused its attention on aspects such as health, agriculture forgetting many other aspects such as culture, freedom, needed to produce sustainable development.
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