首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]Foreign aid is an important part of international efforts to redu
[originaltext]Foreign aid is an important part of international efforts to redu
游客
2024-01-22
52
管理
问题
Foreign aid is an important part of international efforts to reduce poverty. The United States Agency for International Development has an estimate of the amount given since the early 1950s. It says 70 countries have received more than $10 trillion in payments and loans from Western nations. But does foreign aid work? Reporter Aida recently discussed the issue with several experts. Michael Robinson is a researcher at the World Policy Institute in New York. He says foreign aid can lead to “all the wrong economic policies that made those countries poor in the first place.” Mr. Robinson argues that it does not help the majority of poor people in a country. Instead, it strengthens the officials in power who are generally unelected. Other experts say foreign aid has produced mixed results, depending on where and how the money is spent. They note successful examples like South Korea, who has become wealthy enough to give foreign aid itself. UN experts agree that foreign aid faces difficulties in parts of the world without much democracy. In Southern Africa, poverty rates increased from 41% in 1981 to 46% in 2001. Yet there are calls for new methods of giving. George Smith is a Ghanaian-born economics professor at American University in Washington. He says Western countries should give less aid, but remove trade barriers so they import more goods from developing nations. Prof. Smith also suggests that donor nations direct how they want their money spent.
Questions 16 to 19 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. What does the speaker say about foreign aid?
17. What does Mr. Robinson think of foreign aid?
18. Why does foreign aid face difficulties according to UN experts?
19. What should Western countries do to help poor countries according to Prof. Smith?
选项
A、Remove trade barriers.
B、Give more financial aid.
C、Transfer technology.
D、Send professionals.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3383390.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext](25)Didyouknowthat,besideslargerplaceslikeFranceand
[originaltext]Weknowwehavetopayforwhatweget.Ifwebuyfood,weha
[originaltext]Weknowwehavetopayforwhatweget.Ifwebuyfood,weha
[originaltext]Weknowwehavetopayforwhatweget.Ifwebuyfood,weha
[originaltext]There’sonesoundthatgetsabigreactionfromkidsonahot
[originaltext]There’sonesoundthatgetsabigreactionfromkidsonahot
[originaltext](25)Didyouknowthat,besideslargerplaceslikeFranceand
[originaltext](25)Didyouknowthat,besideslargerplaceslikeFranceand
[originaltext]Weknowwehavetopayforwhatweget.Ifwebuyfood,weha
[originaltext]Weknowwehavetopayforwhatweget.Ifwebuyfood,weha
随机试题
WhichTWOadvertisementsmention[br]eveningclasses?BOTHREQUIREDFORONEMA
Veryoldpeopledoraisemoralproblemsforalmosteveryonewhocomesintoc
FourStepsofLearningaForeignLanguageTheeffortsspentinhighschoollearn
桥墩中心线在桥轴线方向上方位置中误差不应大于±20mm。
正常蓄水位至死水位之间的水库容积为()。A.死库容 B.兴利库容 C.调
2003年从事高新技术产品出口的企业共计1.65万家,比1999年翻了一番。各类
掷两个骰子,掷出的点数之和为奇数的概率为P1,掷出的点数之和为偶数的概率为P2,
能够估算利率变动对所有头寸的未来现金流现值的潜在影响,从而能够对利率变动长期影响
下列符合复式预算特点的有()。A.区分了政府预算收入和支出的经济性质和用途
(2019年真题)抗震设防烈度8度地区,采用满粘法施工的外墙饰面砖粘贴工程高度不
最新回复
(
0
)