Health, human rights and intervention Keywords

Question 1

What is human capital?

Accepted Answer

economic, political, cultural and social skills in a country

Question 2

What are determinants?

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factors which strongly determine or influence other outcomes

Question 3

What is cultural identity?

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the relation people have to ethnic origin, language religion

Question 4

What is democracy aid?

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Allocating funds to other countries for democracy building

Question 5

What is meant by conditionality ?

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conditions that countries must meet to receive any loans

Question 6

What factors does the Human Development Index (HDI) take into account?

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Life expectancy, literacy, average schooling+GDP per capita

Question 7

What is the correct definition for development?

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Change for the better, sustained over the long-term

Question 8

What is development aid?

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aid to support economic, political, social and environmental

Question 9

What is genocide?

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the mass killing of a particular group of people

Question 10

What is the term for the influence of geography on politics, especially international relations

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Geopolitical

Question 11

What is a trade embargo?

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Government/international ban -restricts trade with a country

Question 12

Where does the term 'stolen generations' come from?

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Australia's Indigneous children forcibly removed by poverty

Question 13

Who are ex-pats?

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Those who live in a country in which they are not citizens

Question 14

What is it called where actions of governments, IGOs and NGOs to bring about intended changes?

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Geopolitical interventions

Question 15

What is the term for disparity between males and females in a population?

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Gender Imbalance

Question 16

What is experienced well-being?

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measure of satisfaction of life overall that a person feels

Question 17

What is it called when a terror suspect is secretly transferred for interrogation + detention?

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Extraordinary rendition

Question 18

What does the gini coefficient measure?

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the inequality between countries 0-1 - higher = more unequal

Question 19

Direct Intervention

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Sending troops and equipment to fight

Question 20

What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ?

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FDFDFDF

Question 21

What is an intergovernmental organisation?

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group involves several countries working on mutual interest

Question 22

What are the Geneva Conventions ?

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Rules protecting ex-prisoners of war including the wounded.

Question 23

What does indirect action consist of?

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action which involves mediation in order to impact people

Question 24

What is direct action?

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Actions that will directly impact people, government targets

Question 25

The most appropriate measure of the extent countries deliver long, happy, and sustainable lives

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Happy Planet Index

Question 26

What is Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

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value of all goods+services produced by a country in a year

Question 27

What is meant by per capita?

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Per Person

Question 28

What is meant by an endemic?

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widespread, and part of the natural environment

Question 29

What are the Millennium Development Goals?

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Goals related to human development agreed by UN for 2015

Question 30

What is the type of aid that is channelled through an IGO so comes from a range of countries?

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Multilateral Aid

Question 31

How many rights does The 1998 Human Rights Act contain?

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15

Question 32

What is the right of national sovereignty?

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Where a nation governs itself w/o interference from others

Question 33

What is meant by aid dependency?

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where a country needs overseas aid to support the government

Question 34

What is bilateral aid?

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aid which goes directly from one country to another

Question 35

What is the name of the treaty, drafted by The Council of Europe, to protect human rights?

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The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)

Question 36

What is a non-governmental organisation (NGO)

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not-for-profit organisation, independent from any government

Question 37

What is an ecological footprint?

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Land + water a population needs to produce what it consumes

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