Development - Part 4

Question 1

Progress in South Asian countries is…

Answer 1

Slower than other regions

Question 2

What is the percentage rise in Primary School Education?

Answer 2

11%

Question 3

What percentage drop in extreme poverty took place?

Answer 3

3% drop from 42% (2009)

Question 4

What number is still without sanitation?

Answer 4

580 million

Question 5

What is a Case Study for MDGs in South Asian?

Answer 5

The Narmada Development Project (India)

Question 6

What does the Narmada Development Project do?

Answer 6

Construction of 3200 Small, Medium & Large dams on the River.

It provides electricity and water for 30 million people.

Question 7

When was the Narmada Development Project?

Answer 7

1940s

Question 8

What does the project disrupt?

Answer 8

Religion as it is build on scared places Fishers - Upstream

Question 9

What does the project help?

Answer 9

Construction of roads (Multiplier effect).

However MEDCs gives the money by then the country is placed in debt

Question 10

What MDGs does this achieve?

Answer 10

1, 4, 6, 7