Question 1

The Millennium Development Goals put poverty reduction back on the front-burner of aid and development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Define and describe the concept of "tied aid."

Accepted Answer

Some ODA is conditional on the purchase

Question 3

Bilateral aid involves only two countries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The US government denies any self-interest in its aid donations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a common motivation for giving foreign aid?

Accepted Answer

A)  A selfless desire to help less fortunate people abroad. 
B)  A humanitarian emergency, such as a natural disaster. 
C)  The pursuit of other foreign economic or security objectives. 
D)  International legal requirements set by the United Nations. 
E)  A means of increasing the international prestige of the donor country. 
A)  A selfless desire to help less fortunate people abroad. 
B)  A humanitarian emergency, such as a natural disaster. 
C)  The pursuit of other foreign economic or security objectives. 
D)  International legal requirements set by the United Nations. 
E)  A means of increasing the international prestige of the donor country.

Question 6

A state must be classified as "developing" to receive official development assistance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The United States and Japan are at the top of the Center for Global Development's 2018 Commitment to Development Index.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What are "donors"?

Accepted Answer

A)  A group of developing countries aid agencies 
B)  Providers of development assistance 
C)  A group of Global South NGOs 
D)  Providers of military assistance 
E)  Providers of corporative consultants 
A)  A group of developing countries aid agencies 
B)  Providers of development assistance 
C)  A group of Global South NGOs 
D)  Providers of military assistance 
E)  Providers of corporative consultants

Question 9

Results-based management is an approach to improving aid effectiveness that requires the results of aid to be measurable and verifiable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Most of China's financial support to developing countries meets the definition of ODA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

The Millennium Development Goals put poverty reduction back on the front-burner of aid and development.

Define and describe the concept of "tied aid."

Bilateral aid involves only two countries.

The US government denies any self-interest in its aid donations.

Which of the following is NOT a common motivation for giving foreign aid?

A state must be classified as "developing" to receive official development assistance.

The United States and Japan are at the top of the Center for Global Development's 2018 Commitment to Development Index.

What are "donors"?

Results-based management is an approach to improving aid effectiveness that requires the results of aid to be measurable and verifiable.

Most of China's financial support to developing countries meets the definition of ODA.

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Theories of Development Economics

The Critical Political Economy of Development

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Globalization and Development

State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

Private Enterprise and Development

Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Democracy

Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Rural Development

Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

Development and Health

Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

Indigenous Community Economic Resilience

Culture and Development

Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

Inequality and Social Policy

Planning and Appraising Development Projects

Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention

Ethics of Development, by Des Gasper

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Exam 9: National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

The Millennium Development Goals put poverty reduction back on the front-burner of aid and development.

Define and describe the concept of "tied aid."

Bilateral aid involves only two countries.

The US government denies any self-interest in its aid donations.

Which of the following is NOT a common motivation for giving foreign aid?

A state must be classified as "developing" to receive official development assistance.

The United States and Japan are at the top of the Center for Global Development's 2018 Commitment to Development Index.

What are "donors"?

Results-based management is an approach to improving aid effectiveness that requires the results of aid to be measurable and verifiable.

Most of China's financial support to developing countries meets the definition of ODA.

What Is Development? From Economic Growth to the Sustainable Development Goals

Imperialism and the Colonial Experience

Theories of Development Economics

The Critical Political Economy of Development

Post-development and Alternatives to Development

Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments

Globalization and Development

State of the State: Does the State Have a Role in Development?

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

Private Enterprise and Development

Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

Democracy

Climate Change, Environment, and Development

Rural Development

Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

Development and Health

Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

Indigenous Community Economic Resilience

Culture and Development

Measuring and Evaluating Poverty

Inequality and Social Policy

Planning and Appraising Development Projects

Humanitarian Assistance and Intervention

Ethics of Development, by Des Gasper

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