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Question 1

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If Zambia signs the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), this will be promotion of regional rather than central systems
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Question 2

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If Zambia assists Malawi with fuel, this would qualify as foreign aid.
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Question 3

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Illovo Sugar Plc, a South African based firm bought Zambia Sugar Plc. This is a true form of brownfield investment. 
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NGOs are a panacea to development challenges facing poor countries such as Zambia.
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Question 5

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Development is a multi-dimensional concept because it focuses on economic dimensions.
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Question 6

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COVID-19 has now emerged as a contemporary issue in international development.
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Question 7

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Mark 1.00 out of To Dambisa Moyo aid is described as dead because of its failure to reduce poverty and increase growth in Africa.
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Question 8

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The centre metropoles and the periphery are linked in somewhat symmetrical relationships and both should work together.
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Question 9

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To the dependency school of thought, poor countries are those with strong links to developed countries and the opposite is
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Question 10

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A system of rule that is based on the administrative and military personnel whose loyalty is to one ruler or ‘big man’ is called
1.00 prebendalisation.

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Question 11

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Traditional associations of development are related to economic development vis a vis Gross Domestic Product and Gross
1.00 National Production.

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Question 12

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Mark 1.00 out of It is generally acceptable that economic growth precedes economic development.
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Question 13

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Mark 1.00 out of Restrictions on the volume of imports for a particular good or service over a period of time is a key feature of Structural
1.00 Adjustment Programs (SAPS).

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Question 14

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Mark 1.00 out of The making of the contemporary world relates to colonialism and its impact across the world.
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Question 15

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If Zambia gives assistance to Zimbabwe, Malawi, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda respectively, this would qualify as multilateral
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The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 16

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Mark 1.00 out of At enterprise, in its entirety can both be forward and backward linked in a value chain
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Question 17

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Mark 1.00 out of A high level of absorptive capacity increases the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth.
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Question 18

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Mark 1.00 out of Globalisation is all about copying western lifestyles and nothing more.
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Question 19

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In modernisation theory, a country that is more developed industrially only shows to the less developed countries an image of
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Question 20

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Mark 1.00 out of A developmental state or hard state is driven by state-led macro-economic planning as state development capitalism.
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Question 21

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DEV 1150 is about understanding structures and processes that create poverty and vulnerability on the one hand and policy
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responses from development actors.
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Question 22

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Mark 1.00 out of The World Bank is responsible for ensuring the stability of the system of international payments and exchange rates among
1.00 national currencies that enables trade to take place between countries, promoting economic stability and prevent crises
(short run stabilisation)

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Question 23

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Mark 1.00 out of In classical Marxist perspective, the agrarian question points to capital and rural transformation and this lingers through to
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Question 24

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A country’s GDP per capita is a measure for the level and distribution of income in that country.
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Question 25

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Mark 1.00 out of A state is a necessary system in human society and at any historical stage of development in both liberal and radical
1.00 theoretical perspectives.

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