Core Issues in International Development

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Lindsey Cottle

1. In this course we have discussed the dilemma of balancing the limits to gr grow owth th wi with th th the e ri righ ghtt to de deve velo lop. p. Cr Crit itic ical ally ly as asse sess ss th the e ri righ ghtt to develop concept in the context of global environmental and developm deve lopmenta entall gove governan rnance. ce. Use and go beyo beyond nd the lite literatu rature re list listed ed below to analyze the conditions under which this concept can be used to empower developing countries.

Many in the developing world have argued that global institutions in the post-colonial era have been skewed skewed against their interests, the econoic order was un!air and pre"udicial to the ability o! developing countries to develop# $he concept o! a right to developent %rst sur!aced at the international level level in the early 1&'0s# 1&'0s# $he debate has has been divisive between the (orth and the )outh, rather than increasing understanding o!  the relationship between huan rights and developent *+bhawoh, 011# conse.uences o! the near universal ebrace o! the arket econoy and ine.uality within an era o! globalisation has proved to be institutionalised through !oral !oral and in!oral rules at the global level, this is carried out by rules on trade, developent investent and environental easures easures */dobana# eveloping countries have attepted to counter this ine.uality through the (+2 and right to developent# $hey have thus argued in !avour o! a new econoic order and the right to develop# $he /( 3eneral ssebly adopted a 5esolution 5esolution on the 5ight to evelop in 1&86# roponents o! this third generation o! rights ephasi7e that these rights will rein!orce eisting huan rights, enhance their e9ectiveness and ade the ore relevant to both governents and individuals# :owever, doinant discourse have been proli!erate and it is .uestionable to what etent this concept o! a right to develop has realistically had when environental degradation and survivalist discourses abound, sharing ecospace has iplications !or the right to developent *3upta and ouw, 014# ;ithin the anthropocene there is a great acceleration in our population, production, consuption, urbani7ation urbani7ation and trade# trade# $he liits o! the the arth