36 exam-style questions on Interactions of stakeholders and actors on development and sustainability — topic TS2.2 of Thematic Study 2: Development and sustainability in the IB Global Politics syllabus — with answers and explanations. Samples below; the full set is free with an account.
Aid given directly from one government to another government is best described as what?
Answer: Bilateral aid
Bilateral aid flows government-to-government; multilateral aid is channelled through institutions like the World Bank or UN.
What is the set of 17 global goals adopted by the UN in 2015 to guide development to 2030 called?
Answer: Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs (2015) succeeded the Millennium Development Goals (2000–2015).
Which institution lends to countries facing balance-of-payments crises, usually attaching policy conditions to its loans?
Answer: The International Monetary Fund
The IMF provides emergency lending to states in financial crisis, typically conditional on economic policy reforms; the WTO regulates trade and the UNDP coordinates development programmes.
During the 1980s and 1990s, structural adjustment programmes typically required borrowing governments to do which of the following?
Answer: Privatise state enterprises and cut government spending
Structural adjustment packages from the IMF and World Bank demanded market-oriented reforms such as privatisation, austerity and trade liberalisation, which critics argue harmed social services in recipient states.
A multinational corporation builds and operates a new factory in a developing country. Which type of financial flow does this represent?
Answer: Foreign direct investment
Foreign direct investment (FDI) involves a firm establishing or acquiring productive assets abroad with lasting control, unlike aid, migrant transfers or the purchase of shares and bonds.
Which of the following is most often cited as a comparative advantage of NGOs over states in development work?
Answer: Their close ties to local communities and grassroots knowledge
NGOs are valued for operating close to affected communities, giving them local knowledge and trust that large state bureaucracies and IGOs often lack; they have no enforcement or monetary powers.
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