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De-Development Framework Explained

The document discusses a framework called "de-development" for rich countries. It proposes that high-income countries should regulate their growth and consumption to ensure everything remains under control and balanced, as excessive consumption by rich countries puts the world at risk. Meanwhile, middle-income countries do not need to regulate growth as much as long as they maintain sustainable resource usage and only consume what they need. The framework suggests looking at societies with long, happy lives using few resources as a model, rather than pushing poorer nations to constantly "catch up" with richer ones through unlimited growth.

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De-Development Framework Explained

The document discusses a framework called "de-development" for rich countries. It proposes that high-income countries should regulate their growth and consumption to ensure everything remains under control and balanced, as excessive consumption by rich countries puts the world at risk. Meanwhile, middle-income countries do not need to regulate growth as much as long as they maintain sustainable resource usage and only consume what they need. The framework suggests looking at societies with long, happy lives using few resources as a model, rather than pushing poorer nations to constantly "catch up" with richer ones through unlimited growth.

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of pushing more unfortunate nations to "catch up with rich ones.

We should take a look at social


orders where people live long and happy lives at generally low levels of pay and use of
resources/consumption. For me, high-income countries should regulate their growth and
consumption just to ensure that everything is under control and balance. In addition, the
excessive consumption of rich countries or high income-countries puts the world and society at
risk in the future. On the other hand, I think the middle countries doesn’t need to regulate their
growth and consumption as long as they will maintain their usage of resources and will
maximize and only use what is needed for their country.

Exercise 1. Reading Comprehension Task


Instructions: After reading Hickel's article on the concept of de-development, answer
the following questions in two to three sentences.

1. What is the framework of de-development of rich countries all about?


The' de-developing framework' is about switching the concept of development from economic
growth to life expectancy and happiness, since growth has been the foundation of development
for the past 70 years. Looking back, the economy has expanded by 380 percent already, but
many people still live in severe poverty. In this framework, instead of "catching up" with richer
economies, it is aimed at making richer countries "catch down" to poorer countries, although this
is not to suggest that they should be subjected to poverty, but rather to minimize their
consumption of resources.

2. How is the di-development framework different from traditional frameworks of


development?
The traditional framework of development mainly focus on economic growth as the main strategy for
eradicating poverty, while the “de-developing framework” encourages rich countries to “catch down” to
levels of development that are neither inadequate nor excessive. In the traditional frameworks of
development, growth, particularly the GDP per capita, is the basis of development, while long life and
happiness are the basis of the “de-developing framework”. The aim of the de-development framework is
to reduce the excessive consumption of rich countries because it is claimed that it puts the world and
society at risk and also to give the less developed

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