L2 DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT

• What are the two theories that explain the root of underdevelopment? structuralist-internationalist Dependency school
• Who was the former director of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America who advanced the structuralist model of development? Raul Presbisch
• What are any three internal hindrances developing countries experience in the process of development? Uneven distribution of wealth Lack of technology Fatalistic values
• What are the two reasons for the importance of technology in development? modernization rational planning
• What is the root cause of underdevelopment? It is the unhealthy, exploitative and oppressive kind of relationship between developed and underdeveloped societies.
• What does underdevelopment suggest under the structuralist model? Overdependence of the undeveloped to the developed society in terms of capital.
• to theWhat does Paul Baran stress regarding why dependency goes on in the relationship between the developed and the underdeveloped countries? The wealth of underdeveloped countries flow out tothe developed countries.
• How is underdevelopment defined from the Dependency Model of development? It is the result of dependency relations between the metropolis and the satellite societies.
• How does Immanuel Wallerstein describe the world capitalist system? It is a system characterized by a division between three groupings - the center, the periphery, and the semi-periphery.
• What is meant by uneven development? That there is uneven process of development going on in the world system whereby the economic growth of developing countries is stunted by the going out of its wealth to rich countries.