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18 Cards in this Set
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2 Main questions regarding public policy.
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What is optimal policy for society as a whole? How can govt best manipulate human greed?
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4 Causes of hunger
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Poverty, Income Inequalities, Population Growth, Illness
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4 Ps
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Population, Prosperity, Pollution, Productivity
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Famine
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Localized, Temporary, Severe
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Ukraine Famine
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Joseph Stalin reduction in farmlands, 6-8 million deaths
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Most susceptible
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Small scale farmers, traders, rural people
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4 types of malnutrition
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Over nutrition, secondary malnutrition, Dietary deficiency, protein-calorie
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4 Main causes of Secondary malnutrition
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Diarrhea, Intestinal parasites, measles, respitory illness
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3 most common dietary deficiency
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vitamin a, iodine, iron
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Kwashikor and marasmus
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Not enough protein, swelling of feet - not enough calories
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4 assessments to determine malnutrition
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clinical assessment, biochemical, dietary, anthropometric
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Maternal malnutrion affects child how?
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35 points lower on IQ
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Unemployment/hunger cycle
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poorly nourished, too weak to work, cannot afford food
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3 types of poverty
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Absolute, Relative, Voluntary
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elasticity
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Measures the percent of change in quantity supplied of demanded
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MO aquifer
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Mahomet
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How to increase yield
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Productive inputs (fertilizer, labor), new technology, increase efficiency
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Green Revolution
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Norman Borlaug
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