Part 1-

"The Trouble with Aid" Please respond to the following:

• Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:

o Identify the most significant problems with the way foreign aid is presently dispensed by international lending institutions. Then, discuss at least three recommendations that you would make to remedy this situation so that food, medical, and financial assistance actually reaches the poor.

Part 2-

"Rocky Road" Please respond to the following:

• Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:

o Some of the most serious abuses taking place in developing countries deal with child labor, human slavery, sweatshops, bad governance, and environmental degradation. Select one developing country, and examine the extent to which two of these five issues are occurring. Support your response with specific examples.

Part 3-

"Act Local" Please respond to the following:

• Based on the lecture and Webtext materials, address the following:

o Select one developing country, and discuss the fundamental actions that the leadership of the selected country is - or is not - taking to improve the living standards of its people. Next, using this same country, cite one specific example of progress or regress that its government is making in terms of the economy, the political system, and the environment.