Question

Among the Maasai, a tribal culture in southwestern Kenya, an American doctor introduced a hand-washing program to help the incidence of childhood diarrhea, which can cause death if left untreated. The tribe's women began to sell homemade jewelry so they could afford to purchase soap.

Which of the following development needs is met by the NGO initiative above?



A.


the reduction of widespread disease



B.


the encouragement of economic growth by international investment into a society



C.


an increase in the literacy rate



D.

a reduction in the population growth rate



An economy where the government sets prices, determines what and how many items will be produced, and assigns jobs to all citizens is called a __________ economy.



A.


command



B.


traditional



C.

Answer 1

reduction of widespread disease. command

Answer 2

1- The correct answer is A. The reduction of widespread disease is the development need met by the Non Governmental Organization.

Since handwashing is a primary method of disease prevention, the NGO focuses its objectives on the reduction of predictable diseases among the Maasai.

Limiting the forms of contagion is a way of contributing to the healthiness of the population, and therefore to its development.

2- An economy where the government sets prices, determines what and how many items will be produced, and assigns jobs to all citizens is called a COMMAND economy.

A command economy is one in which the market has a secondary role in allocating resources. There are several planning models from which the consensus among economic factors arises through the socialization of the means of production in a decentralized environment and the active participation of producers and citizens (collective or community planning) to that organized by a central entity in which the entire economy of the region is coordinated (centralized planning).