Week 1 Short-Answer Question

1. What is meant by the statement "development is an intentional process"? Remember to answer all short answer questions in the webtext using your own words.

2. Modernization theory and dependency theory offer two different perspectives on the goals of development. Explain the difference between these two theories.

3. According to the video, where do most the extremly poor live?

4. Why were so many aid program and development organizations launches in the period from the mid -1940s  through the mid-1950s?

5. Imagine you love Big Macs. You love them so much that you have decided to move to a country where you can eat as many Big Macs as your budget will allow. The problem is, you only make S10 a day. According to the Big Mac Index, what would be the BEST country for you to live in? Explain your answer.

6. What effect did Eastern Europe’s transition communism to capitalism  have on its poverty rate?

7.Compare the GNI per capita of the U.S. to the GNI per capita of the India and of China. How does the gap between the U.S. and India and the gap between the U.S. and china match up to your expectations?

8. Thinking about upcoming research assignment, which of the developing countries shown on the map intersets younthe most, and why?

9. In your opinion, which UN program  described in the video could help low- or middel- income countries the most, and why? 

10. Try drafting a thesis statement for the following prompt: “As explored in this chapter, what is the purpose of development?”