How is relief from famine and severe hunger accomplished? Why does food aid sometimes aggravate poverty and hunger?

What will be an ideal response?


Food "aid is vital in saving lives where famines occur." Food aid is "a buffer against famine." Food aid may sometimes aggravate poverty and hunger by undercutting the local farming economy and result in more people being dependent upon food aid.

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Reasserting old values, trying to raise group consciousness, and reestablishing traditional traits to achieve a measure of social separation by an ethnic group from a charter culture is known as culture rebound.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Define and discuss off-shore financial services, giving examples of their activities and the effects they have on national tax collection

What will be an ideal response?

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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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