Exam 10: Development and Underdevelopment

According to Jared Diamond,historically,which factor can account for uneven development around the world?

After a heated discussion on economic development strategies for countries in the Global South,your friend retorts,"You're a neoliberalist" and then leaves.Explain what your friend meant by labelling you a neoliberalist.

Andre passionately argues that the lack of development in the less-developed countries is not due to their deficiencies but is rather the result of historical and structural relations between countries.Which theory would Andre use to support his perspective?

When a manufacturer ceased operations in Canada,350 factory employees lost their jobs and the town was severely and negatively impacted by the loss of its biggest employer.The company then established production facilities in India where the workers are paid less and there are fewer workplace regulations.Which term best describes this corporation's action?

According to modernization theorists,why are Third World countries economically disadvantaged?

The bailout of the Global South countries facing a debt crisis was based on the structural adjustment programs of the IMF and the World Bank.

According to the text,how many Africans and their descendants worked on plantations in the Caribbean and the United States by the early nineteenth century?

According to W.W.Rostow,an early development theorist,how do societies progress?

When did development as an idea transform into development as a project?

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

Rather than pay Renato a high money wage,his employer gives Renato land to till for his own use.However,without a good wage,Renato does not have money to spend on manufactured goods,which then reduces the success of local small industry.What economic situation does this arrangement encourage in Renato's homeland?

The International Comparison Project undertook an extensive analysis of price levels in most Asian countries.Which of the following reflects the conclusion of this work?

Which of the following organizations would support the neoliberal perspective on development?

After watching a commercial that requested viewers to sponsor a child in Africa,Joshua asserts that the child poverty problem would be solved if the people in Africa would use birth control,rather than expecting other countries to pay for raising their families.Which theory of development does Joshua ascribe to?

Which one of the following conditions was part of structural adjustment programs (SAPs)?

Some analysts argue that development has served to support world capitalism,while other analysts argue that genuine development cannot occur within the confines of capitalism.

It has been said that Aboriginal communities within Canada are reminiscent of a "Third World country" within a "First World nation." Using the knowledge and understanding that you have acquired as a result of studying this chapter,describe the parallels between what has transpired,or is transpiring,within the Global South countries and what has occurred,or is occurring,within Canada in regards to our Aboriginal population.

While China and India have experienced dramatic economic growth over the past few decades,this has been accompanied by ever-increasing costs of environmental pollution and ecosystem degradation.Should countries in the Global South be required to curtail their economic development in order to minimize environmental problems? Why or why not?

Which of the following is a reflection of the globalist Washington consensus?

From a neoliberal perspective,what would be considered a barrier to a free market?