Exam 5: Population and Development

Some researchers argue that there is enough food produced to feed everyone in the world, but problems with access to and distribution of food lead to hunger. Do you agree or disagree? Defend your answer, and cite Frances Moore Lappe and Amartya Sen in your argument?

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(Agree) Lappe shows that there is little correlation between population density and hunger. She argues the world has plenty of food; critiques the use of grains for livestock. Sen argues that it is a lack of access to food, something she calls entitlements, and gives the Irish Potato Famine as an example. The country was exporting wheat, while people were starving. (Disagree) Sen and Lappe do not explain how some regions are more fertile than others and how this can impact availability of food; Does not explain other famines, such as those in Rwanda or the massive imports of food, for example, that is necessary to sustain Greece.

Population momentum results in an almost immediate slowdown in population growth.

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As a result of massive development efforts since World War II, the gap between therich and poor has:

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According to Frances Moore Lappé, there is a direct correlation between the amount of cropland per person in a country and hunger.

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Question 4

Why might poor countries submit to structural adjustment rather than forego World Bank and IMF loans?

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Question 5

Unless checked, population growth tends to continue until it runs up against environmental limits causing poverty, hunger, misery and resource scarcity-eventually leading to a population crash. This view was proponed by which thinker?

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Question 6

Currently the rate of world population growth:

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Question 7

It took more than 100 years for the world's population to double from 1 billion to 2 billion. How long did it take for the world's population to increase from 4 billion to 5 billion?

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Question 8

Explain the three stages of demographic transition as theorized by Frank W. Notestein?

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Question 9

A country with a 3% rate of growth for one hundred years would experience a 3% increase in population each century.

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Question 10

Despite the decline in the rate of world population growth, population continues to grow rapidly. Explain why this might be the case?

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Question 11

The author cites four conditions that raise doubt about the applicability of the demographic transition to less developed countries: Describe and briefly discuss one of these conditions?

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Question 12

Which of the following does Sen claim will NOT insure food availability?

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Question 13

Explain three events that led to the IMF food riots of the 1980s?

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use Fanswers more than once.) -____ Frances Moore Lappé & Amartya Sen

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Question 15

Amartya Sen argues that famine is primarily the result of:

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Question 16

According to Malthus, population grows:

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Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use Fanswers more than once.) -____ International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

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Question 18

Like women in the developed world, women in less developed countries tend to live longer than their male counterparts.

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Question 19

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use Fanswers more than once.) -____ Ester Boserup

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Some researchers argue that there is enough food produced to feed everyone in the world, but problems with access to and distribution of food lead to hunger. Do you agree or disagree? Defend your answer, and cite Frances Moore Lappe and Amartya Sen in your argument?

Population momentum results in an almost immediate slowdown in population growth.

As a result of massive development efforts since World War II, the gap between therich and poor has:

According to Frances Moore Lappé, there is a direct correlation between the amount of cropland per person in a country and hunger.

Why might poor countries submit to structural adjustment rather than forego World Bank and IMF loans?

Unless checked, population growth tends to continue until it runs up against environmental limits causing poverty, hunger, misery and resource scarcity-eventually leading to a population crash. This view was proponed by which thinker?

Currently the rate of world population growth:

It took more than 100 years for the world's population to double from 1 billion to 2 billion. How long did it take for the world's population to increase from 4 billion to 5 billion?

Explain the three stages of demographic transition as theorized by Frank W. Notestein?

A country with a 3% rate of growth for one hundred years would experience a 3% increase in population each century.

Despite the decline in the rate of world population growth, population continues to grow rapidly. Explain why this might be the case?

The author cites four conditions that raise doubt about the applicability of the demographic transition to less developed countries: Describe and briefly discuss one of these conditions?

Which of the following does Sen claim will NOT insure food availability?

Explain three events that led to the IMF food riots of the 1980s?

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use Fanswers more than once.) -____ Frances Moore Lappé & Amartya Sen

Amartya Sen argues that famine is primarily the result of:

According to Malthus, population grows:

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use Fanswers more than once.) -____ International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Like women in the developed world, women in less developed countries tend to live longer than their male counterparts.

Matching: Please match the term, thinker, and/or text with its complement or correspondent , by placing the appropriate identification letter/number in the space provided. (You may use Fanswers more than once.) -____ Ester Boserup

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