101331: Issues in World Development- Rich World, Poor World- Essay Writing Assignment

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Essay Writing Assignment:

Task: 1. Discuss how and why the capability approach is used in the Closing the Gap: Prime Minister’s Report 2017. 2. Discuss the importance of the ‘linking relief, rehabilitation and development’ framework for sustainable crisis/disaster recovery and long-term development. 3. State whether you ‘agree’ or ‘disagree’ with statements below and briefly explain why? a) Globalization has not only produced winners, but also losers, even in the developed world. b) The Human Development Index (HDI) is a better measure of development progress than GDP per capita. c) The history of imperialism and colonialism is to be blamed for the relatively high rates of absolute poverty and the lack of development in the developing world. d) The Dependency theory is an antithesis to the modernization hypothesis. e) Capitalism (with industrialization) is the route countries should follow to be rich and developed.