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Development Studies And Ethics (Saturday) Question Paper

Development Studies And Ethics (Saturday)

Course:Bachelor Of Commerce

Institution: Kca University question papers

Exam Year:2011

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UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS: 2010/2011
FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF
COMMERCE
CUU 101 : DEVELOPMENT STUDIES AND ETHICS (SATURDAY)
DATE: AUGUST 2011 TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer question ONE and any other TWO questions
Question One
a) Discuss how the newly industrializing countries (NICs) of East Asia achieved rapid economic
growth, and discuss whether the East Asian Route can be followed by other parts of the south.
(10 Marks)
b) Briefly outline the main features of globalization and discuss its impact on national development
(10 Marks)
c) Discuss whether development aid is helping third world countries to develop. (10 Marks)
Question Two
a) Using the theories of development discuss the current state of underdevelopment in developing
countries including Kenya. (10 Marks)
b) Proponents of authoritarian leadership usually cite such countries as Indonesia, South Korea and
Taiwan as examples of dictatorships that transformed their countries. Discuss whether you agree if
with this school of thought. (10 Marks)
Question Three
a) ‘The world social forum is an anual meeting dealing with new politics . Its an open space for local
groups to have a voice in a broad forum of anti capitalist political thinking’ and other writers.
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(10 Marks)
b) Discuss the reasons why individuals may need group membership (10 Marks)
Question Four
a) Development in Kenya is characterized by glaring imbalance between rural and urban areas.
Explain why this imbalance is a threat to the achievement of vision 2030 (10 Marks)
b) Southern Sudan became the newest country in the world on July 9th 2011. The territory has a lot of
minerals and millions of acres of arable land. Using the theories of development discuss how they
can achive development (10 Marks)
Question Five
a) There has been a high failure rate of development projects in Africa. Discuss ways in which
development practitioners could improve the success rate for projects. (10 Marks)
b) Over the last few years , there is evidence that the world has surely become a global village.
Discuss wheter this is good or bad for economic development of poor countries (10 Marks)

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