Assessment Brief

SOC
300
1. “Health” Please respond to the
following:
· 
Based on the lecture and
Webtext materials (SOOMO), address the following:
o 
Describe your understanding of
the north / south divide as it relates to the health of populations in
developing counties. Determine specific steps — aside from building more
clinics — that the leadership in developing countries can take to improve their
health care systems and, as a consequence, the health of the population.
2. “The Trouble with Aid” Please
respond to the following:
· 
Based on the lecture and
Webtext materials (SOOMO), address the following:
o 
Identify the most significant
problems with the way foreign aid is presently dispensed by international
lending institutions. Then, discuss at least three (3) recommendations that you
would make to remedy this situation so that food, medical, and financial
assistance actually reaches the poor.
3. “Rocky Road” Please respond to the
following:
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Based on the lecture and
Webtext materials (SOOMO), address the following:
o 
Some of the most serious abuses
taking place in developing countries deal with child labor, human slavery,
sweatshops, bad governance, and environmental degradation. Select one (1)
developing country, and examine the extent to which two (2) of these five (5)
issues are occurring. Support your response with specific examples.