Poli Sci 4

Lecture 15

Assistance to the Global South

I.   Introduction

II.  North-South Business

A.  Foreign Investment

1.  Direct investment and Joint Ventures

2.  Advantages to the Foreign Investor

B.  Technology Transfer

C.  Third World Debt

D.  The Global South Fights Back (sort of)

1.  Third World Demands

2.  New International Economic Order (1974)

III. Foreign Assistance

A.  Governmental Assistance (aka Foreign Aid)

1.  Types

2.  America's Share

3.  The U.S. Peace Corps and UN Programs

B.  Models of Aid

1.  Disaster Relief Model

2.  Missionary Model

3.  Oxfam Model

IV.  Conclusion