Exam 10: The Global South

In recent decades, the IMF has insisted on __________, or the acceptance of structural adjustment and other requirements before granting a country a loan.

The Word Bank

The strategy many LDCs followed in trying to build up their own industries is called __________.

In the 1970s and 1980s, radical social scientists used the term __________ to describe a situation in which the legal ties of colonialism have given way to informal mechanisms of economic control.

The country that ranks first in developmental aid is __________.

Although the United States is the largest overall provider of foreign aid in absolute terms, it ranks __________ on the list of donors giving as a percentage of GNP.

The states in the Global South are most often weak because of

In the Global South as a whole, the lack of access to safe __________ is the most important, and avoidable, cause of death for more than forty thousand children daily.

Which of the following countries most consistently pursued the economic strategy of import substitution?

If China is NOT counted, what portion of the world's population lives in the "Global South"?

One major reason why it is difficult to address environmental issues in less developed countries is because

The ability of the earth to sustain and provide for the people living on the planet is known by what term?

The Human Development Index is an attempt to improve on comparisons made using only __________ statistics by including social welfare statistics in comparisons between nations.

What is one of the primary causes of most of the wars that occur in the Third World?

Which of the following is part of the history of almost all countries in the Global South?

Among the top recipients of American aid in this decade chosen for their strategic importance to Washington are all of the following EXCEPT

Structural adjustment has meant that less developed countries need to

What role do the International Monetary Fund and World Bank play in development? From the perspective of nations in the Global South are these international organizations a help or a hindrance?

What approaches to development have been tried in the past fifty years? Which seemed to work and which have not? What possibilities exist to help countries in the Global South develop economically?

Imperialism negatively impacted the colonized countries in all the following ways EXCEPT