Chapter 12 - Ir Textbook

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SSA

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sub-Sahara Africa

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non-Arab; draws from earlier African civilizations with largely indigenous and , after colonization, Christian religions

poorest region in the world

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MENA

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Middle East and North Africa

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refers to the band of African countries along the Meditarranean and Red Seas, the countries on the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf, the countries of the Levant (Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan) and Turkey;

Arab--with the exception of Israel, Iran, and Turkey.

draws deeply from the cultural and spiritual legacies of ancient Egypt and the Golden Age of Islam

economically better off where oil exists (Saudi Arabia), but the rest is only slightly better off than South America

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Jeffrey Sachs

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economist; professors at Columbia University

tried to answer the question of how to eradicate poverty in Africa

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great myth: Africa fails because it is poorly governed

Thus, Africa cannot get out of poverty on their own. Without aiding African, it will collapse and spiral into violence.

Africa has too many problems to escape them on their own.

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Arye Hillman

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economist

tried to answer the question of how to eradicate poverty in Africa

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Despite the fact that we all want to help the poor, billions of dollars have already been funneled into Africa over the past 2 decades. Throwing more money at Africa without seeing change will do nothing. Thus, the responsibility falls to the African government. Plus, problems must be resolved in civil societies.

Africa's poverty problem = culture

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neocolonialism

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the post-colonial domination of the developing world by multinational corporations (MNCs)

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Millennium Development Goals

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UN program initiated in 1996 to achieve ambitious development objectives by 2015. Plus, it stressed the link between international aid and local communities

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by 2015, the international community pledged to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce infant mortality; improve maternal health; combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and develop a global partnership among governemnts, private companies, and NGOs to increase aid, employment, trade opportunities, debt relief, and affordable medicines for developing nations

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RUF

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Revolutionary United Front

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lead by Foday Sankoh

butchered many a person in Sierra Leone during the 2001 civil conflict

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KANU

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Kenyan African National Union party

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SADC

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South African Development Community

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GAVI

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Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

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created and funded by Bill and Melinda Gates

supports the search for an AIDS vaccine, as well as vaccines for other diseases such as Malaria

encourages pharmaceutics companies to develop drugs specifically for developing-country diseases, breaking the pattern of developing drugs first for developed and then for developing markets

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brain drain

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emigration of educated people from developing countries

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official development assistance (ODA)

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aid from advanced governments to developing nations

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concessional loans

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loans made to developing nations at subsidized interest rates

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debt relief

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the rescheduling of loans to developing nations to stretch the loans over longer periods of time or forgiving the loans altogether

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HIPC

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Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

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UAE

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United Arab Emirates