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Why might it be in the direct economic interest of the United States to finance rain forest conservation programs in the Amazon?
 
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Discuss how remittances can help reduce poverty and meet other development objectives in recipient nations?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answers may include global warming effects, which may lower the productivity of the American Midwest, and loss of biodiversity for future medicines.

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Discussed in the section on Role and Growth of Remittances.




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