POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT

Importance of development in the society

Development has led to great suffering and adjustment difficulties for extremely large numbers of people. Development is a universal problem especially to Third World countries. There is a need to identify and to analyze the roots of the developmental problems purposely to put the resources to a better use. However, this requires the use of the given resources to get the best possible development by identifying how and for whom it is more advantageous.


Ways of achieving development in the society

To achieve development in the society there were arguments that we need to use models of neo-liberal, Marxist and the like that will contribute in solving the developmental problem of the society. However, others would attribute the root of the problem to the historical analysis of the effects of colonialism, imperialism, feudalism, cultural and local differences and other specific features such as path dependent, rent seeking, democratization, civil society and social capital to the politics of democratization.

What is the answer to the development problem of the society?

The Third World needs international support that is directed to a specific support of genuine actors in the process of democratization. It is useless to argue effective models to use, blaming on respective colonizers and other theories because no absolute answer has been drawn to address the development problems.

There is a need for us to draw among ourselves the authenticity of our intentions to implement assistance to underdeveloped countries without any vested interest for assistance rendered or offered. The credibility of one’s action and intention should be evident enough to convince the civil community to purposely draw their participation and cooperation to achieve a successful and holistic perspective of development especially for Third World countries.

The Philippine government needs to be cautious in all the financial aid offered by foreign agencies. The public leaders need to scrutinize the written and unwritten provisions of the contract. This is to ensure that we are not trapped by circumstances that might compromise the welfare of our nation in lieu of deceiving developmental programs.