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.
Rafflesia arnoldii, the world's biggest flower, lives as a parasite in Indonesian rain forests.
Cyanobacteria of the (a) genus Synechococcus form (b) mats that line hot springs around the world.
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