Minister of Gender and Development
Essay by Maxi • April 27, 2012 • Essay • 371 Words (2 Pages) • 1,479 Views
The Minister of Gender and Development is an anthropologist who specializes on women and healthcare of underdeveloped countries, I believe he would suggest not focusing on the national debt of the country but rather the people who live in it. An anthropologist recognizes the troublesome people of an underdeveloped country go through, hence they should be considered first priority. Regardless if the country were to pay off the national debt, the people of the country will still lack healthcare and live a life of abjection. So, the Minister of Gender and Development would feel the main vision of development to be is the actual people who live in this circumstance and then to develop methods of agriculture to help the economy in the state that its in.
All three cabinet members present policies that seem to have good intentions in improving the countries debt and poverty crisis, but not all of them would work. For instance, with neoliberalism presents the case of deregulation of government control would cause owners of firms to hold too much power. Which in doubt will cause lower wages, extreme work hours, and if sued for any immoral act, the company can close down and leave without having to pay any consultations for their errors. The theory of dependency is also flawed in resolving issues with national debt. When a market only involves itself and no imports, this causes firms to not care for the quality of their products and cause a lack of competition in the market. I find myself coinciding with the Minister of Gender and Development, even though his proposal isn't the greatest, I believe its costs of the country has less impact on the economy compared to the other two. The focus is to reconcile with the either the IMF's or the World Bank's loan issue and work on helping the people of the country first. By doing so, if the people are doing better, I believe the economy will do better. Even if we were to pay off all debt, it does not resolve the issue of poverty within the country. The benefit of helping the people of the country outweighs the cost of meeting the payments required for the country's loan.
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