TodaroSmith_Econ_C01发展经济学 托达罗.pptVIP

1-* Chapter 1 Introducing Economic Development: A Global Perspective 1.1 How the Other Half Live When one is poor, she has no say in public, she feels inferior. She has no food, so there is famine in her house; no clothing, and no progress in her family. —A poor woman from Uganda For a poor person everything is terrible—illness, humiliation, shame. We are cripples; we are afraid of everything; we depend on everyone. No one needs us. We are like garbage that everyone wants to get rid of. —A blind woman from Tiraspol, Moldova Life in the area is so precarious that the youth and every able person have to migrate to the towns or join the army at the war front in order to escape the hazards of hunger escalating over here. —Participant in a discussion group in rural Ethiopia 1.1 How the Other Half Live When food was in abundance, relatives used to share it. These days of hunger, however not even relatives would help you by giving you some food. —Young man in Nichimishi, Zambia We have to line up for hours before it is our turn to draw water. —Mbwadzulu Village (Mangochi), Malawi [Poverty is] . . . low salaries and lack of jobs. And it’s also not having medicine, food, and clothes. --Discussion group, Brazil Don’t ask me what poverty is because you have met it outside my house. Look at the house and count the number of holes. Look at the utensils and the clothes I am wearing. Look at everything and write what you see. What you see is poverty. —Poor man in Kenya A universal theme reflected in these seven quotes is that poverty is more than lack of income – it is inherently multidimensional, as is economic development. 1.2 Economics and Development Studies The Nature of Development Economics Greater scope than traditional neoclassical economics and political economy. Why Study Development Economics? Some Critical Questions The Important Role of Values in Development Economics Figure 1.1 World Income Distribution 1.2