Study Guide for Section 6

 

 

1.                 What is Oral Rehydration Therapy and why is it so effective?  Explain.

 

 

 

2.                  What roles do maternal child health centers play in the developing world?  Explain and give examples.

 

 

 

3.                  What are some of the obstacles to the use of baby formula in developing countries?

 

 

 

4.                  From the News story, what are the nutritional issues associated with HIV/AIDS that need to be addressed?  Explain.

 

 

 

5.                  From the News story, how is peanut butter fortified to make RUTF?  Explain.

 

 

 

6.                  From the Haiti video, what is Medica Momba, and what are its advantages over other foods?  Explain.

 

 

 

7.                              What is Leathers and Foster’s argument for the importance of a fundamental right to food as opposed to only a moral responsibility to help the poor?  Explain.

 

 

 

8.                              What are marginal costs and benefits in an economic policy decision?  Explain.

 

 

 

9.                              What are externalities in an economic policy decision?  Give an example.

 

 

 

 

10.               Why does transferring money from the wealthy to the poor drive inflation?  Explain.

 

 

 

11.              Why might debt forgiveness be an effective form of foreign aid?  Explain.

 

 

 

12.              What macroeconomic policies help to promote growth of an economy?  Explain.

 

 

 

13.              What are some of the criticisms of globalization?  Explain.

 

 

 

14.              In Globalization is Good, what policies did Taiwan follow after WWII to jump-start modernization and industrialization?  Explain.

 

 

 

15.              Explain the Food First position on the free market.  What are the problems?  Who benefits?  Who is hurt, and why?

 

 

 

16.              What is structural adjustment, and what does Food First say were the problems with it?  Explain.

 

 

 

 

17.              What does Food First say needs to happen for the free market to feed the hungry?  How will government be involved and why?

 

 

 

 

18.              Summarize War on Want’s position on the WTO from the video.  What do they say is wrong, and who is benefiting?

 

 

 

19.              In “Globalization is Good” what are the positive effects of the multinationals, such as Nike, in Vietnam?  Explain.

 

 

 

20.              Compare and contrast the free trade principle of comparative advantage with the principles of fair trade.  How does fair trade benefit small farmers?

 

 

 

21.              What is “slash and burn” economics according to Food First?  Explain.

 

 

 

22.              Explain what Food First calls “bubble up economics”.  What is the advantage of poor countries closing their borders according to this model?

 

 

 

23.              What are the main policies that can hasten demographic transition?  Explain.

 

 

 

24.              Compare and contrast the disincentive for having children in Tea Estates and the One Child policy in China.

 

 

 

25.              Develop an argument to answer the question:  Does the U.S. feed the world?  Use statistics to back up your argument.

 

 

 

26.              From the video, what will happen to China’s population pyramid by 2050?  Explain.

 

 

 

27.       What are 4 strategies that are used to deliver food subsidies to people?  Explain.

 

 

 

28.       What do Leathers and Foster say are 4 big problems with direct food aid given from one country to another?

 

 

 

29.       In the movie “A Question of Aid” how was aid used differently in Kerala and in Bangladesh?  Who did it benefit?  What were the consequences of that?  Explain.

 

 

 

30.       In the movie “A Question of Aid” what policies worked together to empower women, lower the fertility rate and to improve the quality of life for the people in Kerala?  Explain.