Exam 9: Development and Underdevelopment

Sara needs to work to ensure that her children have a good life and receive a good education at a private school. However, she cannot find work in her country that will meet her economic needs and she must travel to a more developed country and send money home. This situation is an indication that a government policy has failed to deliver its economic promise. Which policy is it?

Minimal state involvement with the economy and development is a core neoliberal belief. What does the text conclude about the countries where rapid development has occurred in the global south?

The United States has been significantly involved covertly and militarily in keeping its neighbours in line with capitalist ideas. What were these strategies and techniques? What were the consequences?

What term is given to "the pursuit of competitive enterprises for profit"?

Policies associated with neoliberalism have succeeded in some places. Where in the world has some success been acknowledged in a limited sense?

Why was estate agriculture in the global south a bigger impediment to development than small family farms were?

Chantelle argues that development in the global south is being hindered by the unequal exchange between the developed countries and the countries seeking to develop. Which of the following theoretical approaches provides a basis for her position?

W.W. Rostow is credited with the formulation of the modernization theory of development.

You see an economist being interviewed on television and he says, "Neoliberalism has had dramatic and calamitous effects upon developing countries ... especially in the wake of the global financial meltdown. The government needs to enforce strict regulations on the banks and financial institutions of the North, or the global economy will fail." What kind of economist is he?

According to the text, what were the consequences for Africa of the Europeans' practice of slavery?

What were structural adjustment programs (SAPs)? How did they work and what were the results?

Kendra is going to a meeting in Latin America that opposes globalization controlled by multinational corporations. She believes that grassroots organizations that focus on the rights of citizens, equality of all peoples, and protection of the environment must grow and obtain control of the globalization process. What meeting is Kendra going to attend?

Country O is an industrialized country counting on imports from Country P of raw material. Local elites in Country P owned the businesses that extracted the raw materials and ensured Country O of an ongoing supply of materials, creating different classes within Country P. Which other countries followed this model?

What effect did structural adjustment programs (SAPs) have on developing countries?

After the introduction of neoliberal policies in the 1970s, what happened to Third World countries and their levels of social inequality?

Which event after the 1500s resulted in dire consequences for the ongoing development of West Africa?

Canada's healthcare program is one of the country's emblems of social policy. However, some economists would argue that such social policies are a hindrance to economic success. Why?

What was the domino theory?

What kind of analysis is the following: "Plundering of the global south was facilitated by the elite class of the metropolitan areas colluding with the elites of south"?

Which development theorist would describe development as a traditional society "taking off" after it came into contact with a developed society?