Problems in Economic Development 's - Assignment Example

Problems in Economic Development’s assignment PART Questions and answers A) Sub- Saharan Africa 2. A)S-shaped3. A) East Asia4. D) All of the a above combined5. A) HIV/AIDs6. B) There is7. D) All of the above8. A) Build more schools9 D) Offer conditional cash transfer10. D) The poor’s perception on educationPART 2This part is based on the short answers and illustrative discussions.1.a) There is no hunger related poverty trap in developing countries because; in developing countries, most people are poor, they do not have enough to eat, and, therefore, are less productive.

This makes them earn less income, which can buy less food, and thus, there is not a hunger poverty trap.b) Some of the luxuries are festivals and alcohol that the additional income might go to.c) Iron deficiency is very perplexing in the developing world because iron deficiency reduces the productivity level of people in the world while iodine deficiency causes mental retardation and brain damage. The solution for the iron deficiency is to take foods rich in proteins, for example, beans and meat, and the solution for the iodine is to take iodine in salts and high dose iodine injections.2.a) The preventative treatments considered low-hanging fruit are; use of vaccines, insecticide treated bed nets and spraying with insecticides.b) The underlying tension in the developing world is the lack of antiretroviral drugs that can be used by HIV patients to reduce the multiplication of the virus in the body of those who are affected.

This is different from the developed world in that the developed countries have enough of these drugs and can keep the level of HIV/AIDs as low as possible.c) Prior to the late1980’s; life expectancy was improving steadily, but in the late 1980’s the trend declined. This resulted from the encroachment of HIV/AIDs in the Sub Sahara Africa.3. Health may create a poverty trap between generations because when one gets better health care, his or her level of productivity increases; hence, high level of income.

On the other hand, the person from the other generation that gets little or no health care is less productive, and, therefore, earns very little. This change has one generation moving from low health care to high health care; hence, creation of the poverty trap between generations.Income poverty trap 1 2 Health care for generation 1 and 2An example of health related poverty trap is lack of health care.4. a) Conditional cash transfer refers to a condition whereby parents were being given cash transfer with a condition of sending their children to school and failure to do so, they would be forced to do it.b) The amount transferred varied based on the level of education and gender.

Those who were in secondary schools were to be paid high amounts and those who took girls to school were also subject to high payments. This was to encourage further learning by the children in schools and also encourage girl child education and make girls go to school.c) No. Conditional cash transfers were found not to be more effective than unconditional cash transfers. This was because Malawi tried to use it, but it did not do better, and this suggested that parents should not be forced to send their children to school, but need to be helped financially.

Work citedBanerjee, Abhijit and Duflo, Esther. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty. Public Affairs. 2011.