PYQ Vault · Paper 2 · India & the Global South
Discuss the relevance of the demand for New
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
of globalisation. FLOW SNAPSHOT — how the answer moves — i
Body flow
R! 1974 Declaration > one claim: rules framed before Southern independence => form changed, grievance unchanged R2 the five asks (sovereign equality, decision-making, policy space, TNC regulation, technology) > globalisation as the new setting → relevance is about the ground, not the wording
Counter-view
finance first: IMF 16th Review (Dec 2023), quotas +50%, shares untouched, realignment deferred > Engel & Mabefam: voice + resource flows recur from NAM → G20 → Bridgetown; response slow, aims unmet — trade: unfinished Doha (agriculture, SDT, public stockholding) = policy space today → technology: TRIPS waiver = sharpest North-South line > corporate power: Raja Mohan (states cannot regulate MNCs) > Mikler (value-chain control; free trade # free markets) + NIEO’s regulation demand still missing
Conclusion routes
Bhagwati: trading system delivers markets, investment, technology → Happymon Jacob: integration diluted the collective agenda; NAM’s decline removed the vehicle Rk! demand survives in narrower form → rule-reform + new faite instruments (AIIB, NDB, DPI) R2 inter-country gaps widened → equity case stronger, not weaker
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
