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The Peace Corps is a United States government agency that was launched during the optimistic years of the Kennedy administration, and in large part can be seen as a product of the growing concern for social justice that was emerging during that era. No doubt, it was also conceived as a tool to be used in the context of the geopolitical concerns of the times that were posed by the cold war in order to help win the hearts and minds of the people in the emerging nations of the post-colonial world. Virtually every country on the planet was forced to choose sides and to cast their lot with either Russia and communism on one hand, or democracy and the United States the other. No country …show more content…
That is not to say that the 50 plus year record is not devoid of operational success to be sure, and the program has surely made a difference in the lives of many in the developing world, however, the scope of the challenges are far bigger than the most ambitious and well -meaning programs can possibly meet. Sadly, many development projects sponsored by the rich Western nations have had, and may continue to have the unintended effect of exacerbating some of the problems they were meant to ameliorate. Without going into details, let if suffice to say lively debates have been engaged questioning the utility and consequences of many the projects of these development programs, especially in regards to the IMF and World Bank, as well as USAID (the United States largest development agency), and at times the Peace Corps as …show more content…
For one thing, it was not nearly as competitive to get in, and I doubt I would now slip through the application process. I don’t want to dis The Peace Corps, I had a tremendously valuable experience, but the number of applicants they get these days doesn’t make sense to me. If you wanted a job overseas in 1985 your choices were limited. Today, there are many, many more jobs available, especially for English teachers. Also there is the magic of the internet to instantaneously contact these potential employers. Yet, The Peace Corps remains more popular than
The Peace Corps is a United States government agency that was launched during the optimistic years of the Kennedy administration, and in large part can be seen as a product of the growing concern for social justice that was emerging during that era. No doubt, it was also conceived as a tool to be used in the context of the geopolitical concerns of the times that were posed by the cold war in order to help win the hearts and minds of the people in the emerging nations of the post-colonial world. Virtually every country on the planet was forced to choose sides and to cast their lot with either Russia and communism on one hand, or democracy and the United States the other. No country …show more content…
That is not to say that the 50 plus year record is not devoid of operational success to be sure, and the program has surely made a difference in the lives of many in the developing world, however, the scope of the challenges are far bigger than the most ambitious and well -meaning programs can possibly meet. Sadly, many development projects sponsored by the rich Western nations have had, and may continue to have the unintended effect of exacerbating some of the problems they were meant to ameliorate. Without going into details, let if suffice to say lively debates have been engaged questioning the utility and consequences of many the projects of these development programs, especially in regards to the IMF and World Bank, as well as USAID (the United States largest development agency), and at times the Peace Corps as …show more content…
For one thing, it was not nearly as competitive to get in, and I doubt I would now slip through the application process. I don’t want to dis The Peace Corps, I had a tremendously valuable experience, but the number of applicants they get these days doesn’t make sense to me. If you wanted a job overseas in 1985 your choices were limited. Today, there are many, many more jobs available, especially for English teachers. Also there is the magic of the internet to instantaneously contact these potential employers. Yet, The Peace Corps remains more popular than