PART I 1) Assume you are hired by the  The United Nations Children's Fund  as a development economist. Your assignment is to travel to  Sudan (a resource-rich, agricultural, and poverty-stricken country) to write a report about the extent of poverty and propose policies that can help reduce poverty. Your assignment is two fold: (a) to analyze the economic and social reasons why some people of this rich country are poor; and (b) to develop a set of policy measures that could help reduce poverty and improve income distribution.  2) Assume the  United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization  (UNESCO) has hired you as a development economist. Your assignment is to travel to  Jamaica , where people living in rural areas rush to migrate to the capital city of  Kingston . Write a report on causes of rural-urban migration and propose policies that can help reduce such a massive movement of population.   Your assignment is twofold: (a) to analyze the economic and social reasons why rural people of this country are leaving their hometowns and villages; and (b) to develop a set of policy measures that could help reduce rural-urban migration. Important Instructions FOR two questions:       Write a detailed essay of about 500 words to answer each question based on textbook reading. Write the beginning and ending page numbers of the textbook at the outset of your answer.  PART II 1. Explain the International Dependence model and the False Paradigm model of economic development.  Are these models realistic illustrations of the MDC-LDC economic relations? Explain how these models explain the underdevelopment of the Third World? 2. What are the principal sources of economic growth? How do you illustrate economic growth using the Production Possibility Curve?  Depict and explain the effects of technological improvement in production of two goods: one land-intensive (e.g., rice) and the other capital-intensive (e.g., radio). Depict and explain the effects of persistent unemployment in production of rice. 3. Present the Lewis model of structural transformation from rural-agricultural to urban-industrial production.  Explain, illustrate, and criticize the validity of the model.  4. Present the Malthusian Trap theory of population growth.  Discuss why the human society has been able to avoid the trap.  Find a developing country that has fallen into this trap, and a developing country that has avoided falling into this trap. Important Instructions For each question, write a detailed essay of about 300 words to answer each question based on textbook reading. Write the beginning and ending page numbers of the textbook at the outset of your answer. .

1. PART I
1)
Assume you are hired by the
The United Nations Children's Fund
as a development economist. Your assignment is to travel to
Sudan
(a resource-rich, agricultural, and poverty-stricken country) to
write a report about the extent of poverty and propose policies
that can help reduce poverty. Your assignment is two fold: (a)
to analyze the economic and social reasons why some people of
this rich country are poor; and (b) to develop a set of policy
measures that could help reduce poverty and improve income
distribution.
2)
Assume the
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization
(UNESCO) has hired you as a development economist. Your
assignment is to travel to
Jamaica
, where people living in rural areas rush to migrate to the
capital city of
Kingston
.
Write a report on causes of rural-urban migration and propose
policies that can help reduce such a massive movement of
population.
Your assignment is twofold: (a) to analyze the economic and

2. social reasons why rural people of this country are leaving their
hometowns and villages; and (b) to develop a set of policy
measures that could help reduce rural-urban migration.
Important Instructions FOR two questions:
Write a detailed essay of about 500 words to answer each
question based on textbook reading. Write the beginning and
ending page numbers of the textbook at the outset of your
answer.
PART II
1.
Explain the International Dependence model and the False
Paradigm model of economic development. Are these models
realistic illustrations of the MDC-LDC economic relations?
Explain how these models explain the underdevelopment of the
Third World?
2.
What are the principal sources of economic growth? How do
you illustrate economic growth using the Production Possibility
Curve? Depict and explain the effects of technological
improvement in production of two goods: one land-intensive
(e.g., rice) and the other capital-intensive (e.g., radio). Depict
and explain the effects of persistent unemployment in
production of rice.
3.
Present the Lewis model of structural transformation from rural-
agricultural to urban-industrial production. Explain, illustrate,
and criticize the validity of the model.
4.
Present the Malthusian Trap theory of population growth.
Discuss why the human society has been able to avoid the trap.

3. Find a developing country that has fallen into this trap, and a
developing country that has avoided falling into this trap.
Important Instructions
For each question, write a detailed essay of about 300 words to
answer each question based on textbook reading. Write the
beginning and ending page numbers of the textbook at the outset
of your answer.