Question 1

According to Arturo Escobar, what role has post-development played in conceptualizing the discipline of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  The post-development project was to critically assess and propose a suitable alternative 
B)  The role of post-development has been to deconstruct and reconstruct the development discourse 
C)  The role of post-development has been to build a community of scholars to question development 
D)  The post-development project seeks to break the consensus about "development" as necessary, self-evident, positive, and unquestionable 
E)  Post-development is about the journey not the destination 
A)  The post-development project was to critically assess and propose a suitable alternative 
B)  The role of post-development has been to deconstruct and reconstruct the development discourse 
C)  The role of post-development has been to build a community of scholars to question development 
D)  The post-development project seeks to break the consensus about "development" as necessary, self-evident, positive, and unquestionable 
E)  Post-development is about the journey not the destination

Question 2

Why is gross domestic product (GDP) a contested means to assess development?

Accepted Answer

Gross domestic product measures the tota

According to Arturo Escobar, what role has post-development played in conceptualizing the discipline of development?

Why is gross domestic product (GDP) a contested means to assess development?

What Is Development? From Economic Growth to the Sustainable Development Goals

Imperialism and the Colonial Experience

Theories of Development Economics

The Critical Political Economy of Development

Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments

Globalization and Development

State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

Private Enterprise and Development

Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Democracy

Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Rural Development

Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

Development and Health

Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

Indigenous Community Economic Resilience

Culture and Development

Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

Inequality and Social Policy

Planning and Appraising Development Projects

Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention

Ethics of Development, by Des Gasper

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Exam 5: Post-development and Alternatives to Development

According to Arturo Escobar, what role has post-development played in conceptualizing the discipline of development?

Why is gross domestic product (GDP) a contested means to assess development?

What Is Development? From Economic Growth to the Sustainable Development Goals

Imperialism and the Colonial Experience

Theories of Development Economics

The Critical Political Economy of Development

Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments

Globalization and Development

State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

Private Enterprise and Development

Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Democracy

Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Rural Development

Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

Development and Health

Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

Indigenous Community Economic Resilience

Culture and Development

Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

Inequality and Social Policy

Planning and Appraising Development Projects

Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention

Ethics of Development, by Des Gasper

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