Exam 11: International Development

_______________.refers to the provision of short-term, low-cost financial assistance to poor LDC households that do not have access to the main financial institutions.

Most donors meet their ODA targets in terms of aid/GDP.

Which of the following countries reaches the goal of giving ODA amounting to 0.7 percent of its GNI?

Name the World Bank group focused on loans to the private sector:

The strongest supporters of IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programs were

World Bank President Robert McNamara was closely associated with

Evaluate the debate around the effectiveness of using the arguments of Sachs vs. Easterly and Moyo. What are the strong and weak points of each perspective? Which do you agree with and why?

The Grameen Bank is a model for:

The United States has enough votes to wield control of the World Bank.

The money that migrants earn abroad and send back to their home countries are ___________________.

Why do you think ODA tends to be lower than pledged amounts? Examine the website of a prominent aid agency, such as DFID. Who are the domestic constituents and how is the budget formulated? To whom do they answer?

The World Bank opposed LDC import substitution industrialization policies during the 1950s because of its free-market oriented policies.

ISI was a failure in terms of development progress from its introduction in in the 1950s.

The Comprehensive Development Framework and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers both

The best World Bank structural adjustment programs largely ignored gender effects.

The primary source of remittances is:

The "developmental state" is a concept closest to which theorists?

LDC women face many challenges because

Why did ISI fail? Was it doomed to fail or could it have been reformed?

Through ____________ aid, recipients are required to purchase some goods and services from the donating country.