Polonoroeste Program Case Study

WORLD BANK: governments play an important role in development, but there is no simple set of rules telling them what to do.

poverty all over the world. The main purpose of this organization was to solve the

In the case of the proposal to fund Brazil with dams, irrigation, power, roads, and funds to develop crops the World Bank has those funds. As a representative of the World Bank, this proposal is currently not very wise and the impact it will have on the people of Brazil will not be a positive one, and that it will not yield a great return to the World Bank unless some adjustments to the proposal are made.

One example is where they tried to stop child labor. Children worked with their parents in these plants. The children would work in the ovens and would get hurt or die. Well the news about the children’s condition got out to the world through a BBC documentary and New York Times article and it made many people upset. So the charcoal plants band women and children from working in the plants. So one way the reforms started was companies refused to invest in Mato Grosso, a city in Brazil, until the labor laws were changed and improved conditions were put into place. Of course the camps are still pretty bad. There is one camp that shows good conditions and is pretty much a fake charcoal plant to show that change was

The World Bank claims to not have been aware of the massacre that occurred in the country and "came to the conclusion that the project affected communities have reached the socioeconomic level they had in 1976 when relocation began" ("Chixoy dam," n.d.). I believe the negative impacts of this project could have been avoided if the World Bank had been more aware of the situations that were going on the country and the land that they decided to build the

On paper, the World Bank has great potential to assist all members of our increasingly smaller world. However, the World Bank is also an example of when history is written by the victors. In 1944, members of the allied countries and other nations which had risen to power during the Second

In general, this report discusses the successes and failures overall, analyzes sustainable development, institutional gaps, and also a call to action. Both Lomborg and The Brundtland Report agree that “...infant mortality is falling; human life expectancy is increasing; the proportion of the world’s adults who can read and write is climbing; the proportion of children starting school is rising; and global food production increases faster than the population grows.” (Brundtland 93) In conjunction with all the positive actions being taken; there are also environmental trends that threaten to radically alter the planet, that threaten the lives of many species upon it, including the human species. There has also been a growing realization in national government and multilateral institutions that it is impossible to separate economic development issues from environmental issues. Nevertheless, “humanity has the capability to make development sustainable to ensure that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” (Brundtland 95) Furthermore, the goal for sustainable development and the integrated nature of the global environment/development challenges pose problems for institutions. “There is a growing need for effective international cooperation to manage ecological and economic interdependence.” (Brundtland 97) Last but not least, “To achieve the needed changes, we believe that an active follow-up of this report is imperative. It is with this in mind that we call for the UN General Assembly, upon due consideration, to transform this report into a UN Programme on Sustainable Development.” (Brundtland 99) There are many environmental issues occurring to our beautiful planet right now and will

Geographical considerations. Brazil was once an earthly “eden,” heralds the authors in “Brazil, the collapsed Eden: Natural disasters in contemporary Brazil.” Years ago, as European explorers and treasure hunters came to the South American beaches, the land of present-day Brazil was teeming with natural resources. While the article referenced indulges in some ethnic religious connotations that the Brazilians are interconnected with their land, the mythos is still palpable today for most Brazilians (Mello, Papali, & Zanetti, 2014). The authors conclude that the idyllic pictures of a lush and bountiful land have been dashed by the mismanagement of the Amazonian areas, the poor infrastructure, and rampant misuse of land in environmentally endangering

Brazil’s modern history includes 300 plus years of colonization by Portugal form 1500 to 1800, to the establishment of its independent status in 1822. (2) Today, Brazil in its association with BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) bloc partnership, Brazil now distributes close to 4 billion dollars in annual global aid to less developed nations around the world, especially in sub Saharan Africa. (4)

Research and find one project of the World Bank or the IMF that created problems for the nation that received its assistance. Describe the project and what the negative outcomes were.

In Brazil, too, “environmental problems gained new urgency”, and “authorities tried to cover up the disaster”. Moreover, Brazilian news coverage, resembling the Soviet one back when the Chernobyl disaster happened, are also attempting to suggest that the situation is not so awful. The dam disasters in Minas can also be compared to the Aral Sea (“[…] once one of the largest lakes in the world […] shrank to less than 10 percent of its original size, due to the aggressive Soviet construction […]”, and to Lake Baikal “[…] the largest fresh body of water, and once among the cleanest, suffered the construction of factories on its perimeter […]”. Regardless of whether those three incidents were intentional or not, it is clear that they only occurred thanks to

One of the major problem in this project is that it threats the social and economic life of the indigenous community. In the beginning, they were told their community will be demarcated so that no one will disturbed their life style. But due to the misinformation unprecedented number of immigrants came to the area. Then the indigenous community lands are taken away, their way of life disturbed. Then these people start fighting with the immigrants. Second, deforestation in the amazon rainforest has been taken place because the area has become over populated. Nearly 150 thousand population immigrants came to the area which is 30 times higher than the initial plan.

is accomplished through loans to struggling countries. In addition to the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation was annexed to provide loans to corporations who are seen to help aide in poor countries’ development. These three organizations

The World Bank is known to fund many infrastructure projects in developing countries, presumably as a means to achieve their goals of increasing development in those countries. Hydroelectric dams are some of the much-maligned infrastructure projects funded by the World Bank. In a report authored by employees of the World Bank itself, the authors themselves highlight the “adverse environmental and related social impacts” of large dams, while attempting to draw a distinction between “relatively good dams and bad dams”. (Ledec & Quintero, 2003)

2. A project of the IMF that created problems for Africa after they received it?