Reference no: EM134003511
Assignment:
Reading that MUST be used:
The White Man's Burden by William Easterly ?(chapter 2: The Legend of the Big Push) pg.: 73-41
Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor (colorado.edu)
A Global Family Portrait | PDF | Poverty Threshold | Extreme Poverty (scribd.com)
Short Answer Questions:
1. What is the difference between relative, moderate and extreme poverty, and why is it important?
2. Where do most of the world's extremely poor people live, and how do they make their living?
3. List three common myths that people have about global poverty, and then correct those myths.
4. What do communitarians and cosmopolitans say about the responsibility of the Global North toward the Global South?
5. Explain Garrett Hardin's argument about giving aid to the Global South, and provide one critique of his argument.
6. Explain Peter Singer's argument about helping the Global South, and provide a critique.
7. Describe as many micro-level poverty traps as you can.
8. Describe four macro-level poverty traps.
9. Why do Easterly and others argue that poverty traps are not so important?
10. Why are civil wars more prevalent in LICs, and what are the main causes of these wars?
11. How can valuable natural resources existing in a LIC be a "curse"?
12. Briefly describe different perspectives about the relationship between democracy, authoritarianism, and development.
13. Why has the Global South experienced backsliding in democracy in recent years?
14. Describe the different kinds of aid that can be counted as Official Development Aid.
15. Describe different motivations and purposes that countries have for giving foreign aid.
Essay Questions: The clearer detail that you provide, and the more you reference specific readings and discussions, the better.
1. Sachs and other economists use the analogy of a "ladder" of development to illustrate modernization theory. What does this mean? Give examples of specific countries currently at each step of the ladder. Then describe an alternative approach to development.
2. Describe how "development" can be defined in different ways. What are the weaknesses of the GDP as a measure of development, and how do other measures differ from the GDP? Provide specific examples.
3. Describe four different explanations for what has historically caused global economic inequality. Provide a critique of each explanation.
4. Explain three different theories on how development can best be achieved. Then explain why each of the three perspectives would support or oppose the following policies: a) A government putting regulations on multinational corporations; b) The U.S. raising tariffs on China.
5. Describe the eight areas of development policy analyzed by the Commitment to Development Index. For each category, provide a specific example of what the Global North can do better (or stop doing harm) to facilitate development in the South.
6. There are several competing explanations about why the Asian Tigers and NICs became successful in the global economy. List four of these, and then provide evidence from specific countries that supports and/or contradicts these explanations.
7. Explain why and how countries of the Global South "liberalized" their economies in recent decades. Then explain both sides of the debate about whether liberalization was successful in promoting development.