DS 102 Assignment One 2024/2025 PDF

THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY VICE CHANCELOR ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ASSIGNMENT NO. 1 QUESTIONS (10 MARKS) COURSE: DS 102 – DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES ALL DEGREE PROGRAMMES _CN...

THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY VICE CHANCELOR ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES ASSIGNMENT NO. 1 QUESTIONS (10 MARKS) COURSE: DS 102 – DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES ALL DEGREE PROGRAMMES _CNMS 2024/2025 ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS Instructions Work on one (1) question in a group of NOT LESS THAN TEN (10) and NOT MORE THAN ELEVEN (11) students from the same degree program. a) Produce a scholarly work with all important citations. b) Use Times New Roman as your writing style, font size 12, line spacing be 1.5 and justified work. c) The work should not exceed five (5) pages Given date: 22/11/2024 d) Date of submission: 27/12/2024 e) A zero score will be awarded for any kind of plagiarism 1. Why should we continue taking development studies as a course to learn in Tanzania higher learning Institutions? 2. Discuss the concept of sustainable development.What are key indicators that show that a society is developing? Are these indicators present in African countries? 3. Analyze Marxist theory of social development by indicating its weaknesses and strengths in understanding the process of social development in third world countries including Tanzania. 4. To what extent are the on-going concern of globalization and the international economy able to provide answers to Africa’s acute development problems? 1 5. Critically examine the contention that problems of inefficient allocation and utilization of resources as well as lack of investments are the primary causes of lack of development in Tanzania and other African countries. 6. The theory of underdevelopment propounded by A.G. Frank and other dependency theorists provides a more critical theoretical understanding of development in the third world countries. Discuss. 7. Analyze the different perspectives within the dependency school of thought. 8. Discuss the contention that dependency theorists provide a more adequate explanation of underdevelopment in the third world. 9. Discuss Walter Rodney’s arguments that “Europe underdeveloped Africa”. 10. Compare and contrast Marxist and Bourgeois theories on social development. Indicate some of the positive contributions of these theories to understanding of Africa’s development problems. 11. Using concrete evidence point out some of the main arguments for and against a market based strategy of development as is being imposed by the IMF/World Bank. 12. “Structural adjustment programmes from the 1980’s, is a system of international capitalist penetration of developing countries, to ensure maximum exploitation of these countries by the capitalist countries”. Discuss this statement highlighting your views on SAPs’. 13. Critically discuss R. Nurkse’s contention that Africa is poor because it is poor. 14. Can Nurkse’s prescriptions help overcome poverty in countries such as Tanzania? 15. To what extent does Rostow's Theory of Growth provide answers to Africa’s acute development problems? 16. The goal of modernization is to create economic and social conditions to approximate those of currently developed nations to precipitate development in developing countries. Critically appraise the strategy. 17. Analyze Marxist theory of social development indicating its strength and weaknesses in understanding the process of social development particularly in Tanzania and other third world countries. 18. Is the Marxist theory of social development still valid in the 21st century? If so indicate why. 2 19. Highlight the main elements of Marxist theory. What does Marxist theory contribute to our understanding of the process of social development in Africa and other third world countries? 20. Make a review of World system theory and clearly analyze its strengths on contemporary pressure of social, economic and political modernization and transformation in developing countries. 21. What are the major contributions put forward by Schumpeter’s Theory of economic development in the modern development processes across global. 22. What were important contributions of Adam Smith thesis “The Wealth of Nations” analysis in the modern development processes of developing Nations? 23. African Socialism advocated by African leaders such as J. K. Nyerere was part and parcel of Marxism. Discuss. 24. Critically discuss W. Rodney’s contention that Europe underdeveloped Africa. What is today under developing Africa? 25. Discuss the concept of human development. What are some of the key indicators that show that a society is developing? Are these elements present in African countries? 26. How best can one describe the development process in most African countries before and after independence? 27. What is a theory and why is a theoretical understanding of social development, particularly development in Third World countries so important? 28. Provide reasons why some countries are becoming richer and richer while others are becoming poorer and poorer? 29. What are development ethics? What are its sources? Differentiate between development ethics and ethical development. 30. What are the characteristics of an Ethically – Based Development? 31. In which areas are the controversies of development ethics debates? 32. Because of differences in ethical consideration, Development can be used either descriptively or normatively, Explain briefly. 33. Good governance observes human rights and it is responsive to the present and future needs of the society. Explain the linkages between good governance, human rights and development. 3 34. To what extent the Dependency Theorists provide satisfactory evidences on the causes of underdevelopment in the third world countries. 35. Describe the rationale for studying development ethics 36. With reference to African countries of your choices comment on the impact of debt burden on economic growth and development processes. Can African countries be able to escape from debt trap? 37. Poverty in Third World countries remain as chronic disease, it is highly associated with both internal and external dynamics. Discuss. 38. Africa is said to be home of all evils and problems including civil and political conflicts, drought, famine, terrorism, bad governance practices and pervasiveness of extreme poverty. With examples validate the truth of this statement if any? 39. Discuss the positive and negative impacts of globalization to development processes in developing countries like Tanzania. Can globalization be controlled? 40. With examples discuss short-term and long term measures of peace making process for conflict resolution in Africa. 41. Due to the advancement of science and technology, the World now seems as a single village. What are the basic features which signify the global ties? 42. How is democracy viewed as blessing to development? With examples, comment on the status of African democracy. 43. Corruption in public and private sectors prevent planned level of economic growth and entire development processes toward social changes. Discuss. 44. With reference to African countries of your choices comment on the impact of debt burden on economic growth and development processes. Can African countries be able to escape from debt trap? 45. There are many efforts that African governments are doing to drive away from poverty and attain development of its citizen. Despite the efforts made the continent facing many problems and challenges under way. Discuss. 46. Explain why ethics are important in the world’s current development processes? 47. A society without clear ethical/moral values and norms will typically experience more conflict in areas concerning “quality of human life”. Argue for or against this statement. 48. How religion is linked to development processes of a given society? 4 49. Gender is socially constructed. Using vivid examples discuss. 50. With examples from Tanzania explain how decentralization policy considered as an opportunity for broadening citizen participation and promoting poverty reduction processes. 51. Discuss the steps involved in conflict resolution? 52. Accountability and transparency are necessary for the public administrators. Discuss with examples? 53. Good governance is one of the prerequisites for successful socio-economic development of any country. Discuss. 54. With reference to Tanzania comment on the relevance of good governance principles for improving the social well-being. 55. Identify the prevailing conditions and the main effects of political and institutional corruption in Tanzania. 56. Suggest appropriate measures to combat all types of corruption in Tanzania. 57. Explain the major forms of administrative decentralization. 58. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of decentralization in Tanzania. 59. Describe why Mohandas Gandhi from India recognized as one of the sources of development ethics. 60. Louis-Joseph Lebret is recognized as one of the sources of development ethics. Discuss his role in development ethics? 61. Paul Streeten and Amartya Sen are recognized as the sources of development ethics. Discuss their roles in development ethics? 62. Describe in detail the five areas of agreement and five areas of controversies among the ethicists. 63. The poor countries of today are poor because they have not discarded their "traditional ways of organizing society." Substantiate this statement. 64. Economic growth is not a panacea to poverty reduction. Discuss 65. Tanzania’s anti-poverty strategies are said to be donor driven. Either agree or disagree by giving examples. 66. The natural resources sector has hardly contributed to lifting Tanzanians from poverty while it has done so in other countries. i. Explain why 5  ii. Suggest measures that should be taken to make the sector contribute more to poverty reduction. 67. What are the most effective ways for poor countries to shift from dependency to selfreliant and promote development? 68. What interventions are required to promote human development in developing countries? 69. How can governments engage effectively with citizens who mobilize resources for selfreliant to promote development? 70. Discus the consequences for development outcomes on the shift from national sovereignty to global governance? 71. With vivid examples, analyze the type of policies or strategies that are capable to expand middle---income countries and promote equitable economic growth. 72. Discuss how the expansion of small and medium enterprises in lower---income countries can be best supported? 73. Has the integration of mobile technologies into development programming improved development outcomes for the most disadvantaged women, men and children? If so, where, how and why? 74. A central argument of the dependency school is that dependence generates underdevelopment. Substantiate this statement. 75. With vivid examples, analyze the features of underdevelopment in the society. 6