To help heavily indebted poor countries (HIPCs), the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have developed policies to
a. offer debt relief packages to those countries.
b. help develop economic self-reliance in those countries.
c. offer loans to those countries.
d. make those countries permanent members of the UN.
e. Both options c and d are true.
Question 2
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is
a. money that flows directly from one country to another.
b. money that flows from international banks to LDCs.
c. investment by MNCs in states in the Global South.
d. money that may only be used for humanitarian disaster relief.
e. money allocated to the military for security concerns.
Total fertility rates (TFRs) among major regions of the world.
Smallest Fish in the world
A mother dies, a father loses his leg—such calamities shattered poor urban families. Orphaned street
Alan Price - Poor People
Global Stratification: Income of the World's Nations
Poor ventilation of oceans