The Polonoroeste Development plan was originally intended to "rationalize and control... the massive, uncontrolled migration to the Northwest [of Brazil]. (Schwartzman 1986). The World Bank loaned the Brazilian government 1.6 Billion (Schwartzman 1986) in order to develop roads and resettle migrants to the Northwest. Unfortunately, the program brought in over 130,000 more people than the government had planned for (Schwartzman 1986). The migrants upon arrival began to clear the land for themselves. Oftentimes, clearing land that was unsuitable for agriculture or farming (Schwartzman 1986). The project that had originally been intended to help control the influx of migrants and preserve the ecology of the Brazilian Northwest ended up making the problem worse.
The negative effects of this project could have been avoided. The World Bank and The Brazilian government had the best of intentions when entering the project but there were a few things that made that made the situation worse. The first negatively impacting force was the use of media and marketing (television ads) to attract settlers and migrants to the area. The marketing was so effective that it brought huge numbers of people to the area. The second force that worsened the problem were the roads that had been constructed and made travel and migration easier than it had been …show more content…
My biggest hesitancy in trusting the World Bank to be objective is the structure. The President has historically been a United States Citizen. That in itself seems problematic. How can the World Bank be objective in a global focus if the President is from the most powerful country in the world? It seems that the World Bank, with a U.S. citizen as its leader is going to lead with a focus on the United States. Not to mention that the 5 countries with permanent membership are going to vote in all the other members. How can power like that be objective? It
The negative effects of this project could have been avoided. The World Bank and The Brazilian government had the best of intentions when entering the project but there were a few things that made that made the situation worse. The first negatively impacting force was the use of media and marketing (television ads) to attract settlers and migrants to the area. The marketing was so effective that it brought huge numbers of people to the area. The second force that worsened the problem were the roads that had been constructed and made travel and migration easier than it had been …show more content…
My biggest hesitancy in trusting the World Bank to be objective is the structure. The President has historically been a United States Citizen. That in itself seems problematic. How can the World Bank be objective in a global focus if the President is from the most powerful country in the world? It seems that the World Bank, with a U.S. citizen as its leader is going to lead with a focus on the United States. Not to mention that the 5 countries with permanent membership are going to vote in all the other members. How can power like that be objective? It