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Explain why the Leontief paradox and the more recent Bowen, Learner and Sveikauskas. Explain how this would affect the concept of factor-price equalization.
What argument would trade economists make against seeing these wage cuts as a reason to block outsourcing of computer programming?
Is this a shortsighted policy or a rational one in view of the interests of union members? How does the answer depend on the model of trade?
Why can we still say that raising cattle is land-intensive compared with farming wheat? Why or why not?
How does the fact that many goods nontraded affect the extent of possible gains from trade?
Analyze why is a proper understanding of risks faced by smallholder farmers of such fundamental importance to agricultural development policy?
Is expanded international trade always desirable from the point of view? Who gains from trade, and how are the advantages distributed among nations?
What is the impact of poor public health on the prospects for development, and what is needed to address these problems?
Why is there so much unemployment and underemployment in the developing world, especially in the cities.
What are the causes of extreme poverty, and what policies have been most effective for improving the lives of the poorest of the poor?
What constraints most hold back accelerated growth, depending on local conditions? Which are the most influential theories of development?
Do you think a full-fledged developing-country debt crisis might reemerge in the future? If so, why and under what conditions? If not, why not?
Why were developing countries so eager to borrow money from international banks? Explain your answer.
What were the key ingredients? Explain your answer? Why was the problem of capital flight so serious in some highly indebted countries?
How do nontrade domestic economic policies of rich nations affect the export earnings of developing countries?
What are the basic static and dynamic arguments for economic integration in less developed countries?
Explain some of the arguments in support of the use of tariffs, quotas, and other trade barriers in developing countries?
What is the significance of the debt service ratio? Can indebted countries do anything to lower this ratio? Explain your answer?
Prepare a brief update on longer-term impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis. Have any of the later developments proved unexpected?
What has been proposed to resolve the problem of odious debt? In what ways was the recent global financial crisis similar to past crises?
Prepare a brief update on longer-term impacts of the 2008 global financial crisis. Where problems have lessened, do you think they could return?
In what ways do these MNCs affect the structure and pattern of trading relationships between the developed world and the developing world?
Explain the various forms that official development assistance can take, and distinguish between bilateral and multilateral assistance.
What strategies might developing countries adopt to make private foreign investment fit their development aspirations better without destroying all incentives?
What are private portfolio flows? What factors do you believe are most important in determining the amount and direction of such flows?