Development and subordination of women in the Third World.

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Development and subordination of women in the Third World

M. Arifur Rahman

Introduction

A good number of countries in Africa, Asia and Caribbean became independent nations in 20 years after the Second World War. These newly independent countries characterised by distorted economy, poor or non-existent system of service infrastructure, low level of education and fragile political system became known developing countries. Since then the world is divided into developed and developing countries. The people of the developing countries almost universally desire that these countries should be developed and considered desirable by almost everybody else. In the thinking of liberal economics development and economic growth were synonymous. Modernisation theory dominated liberal development thinking. Liberal economists identified lack of capital as the most common crucial obstacle to rapid economic growth. In the 1940s Western scholars and development planners perceived that the infusion of foreign aid, investment and increasing foreign trade can develop or modernise the tradition bound Third World countries. The policies of the World Bank were also influenced by this very modernisation theory. Many policies were adopted; strategies were implemented regarding the development of the Third World countries (Wayleen, 1993). But development issue always remained a question.