Development Flashcards
How long did it take for Timor Leste to be recognised as an independent country
1975-2002
Successful aspects of the Timor Leste intervention
1) since handing over power the country has been relatively peaceful and has secured democracy
2) HDI rose to 0.6 by 2011
3) arm embargo’s on Indonesia
Reasons for the Timor Leste intervention
Indonesia invaded the country nine days after it gained its independence from Portugal
Reasons for Zimbabwe intervention
1) human right abuse
2) extreme poverty
3) undemocratic government
Successful aspects of the Zimbabwe intervention 
1) no casualties from war
2) No instability in the country or Africa
Failures of the Zimbabwe intervention
1) civil War
2) Lack of Alternative government
3) Extreme poverty and hyperinflation
4) Environmental degradation
How much does France spend on its students each year
£8500 per student per year
What percentage of Saudi Arabia’s health care system state funded
80%
Reasons for the Ivory Coast intervention
1) civilian deaths for opposing the president
2) undemocratic
Successful aspects of the Ivory Coast intervention in 2010
1) peace was resorted
2) democracy followed
Failures of the Ivory Coast intervention in 2010
1) intervening was the election by former colonial powers
What human rights does the Singaporean government take way from its citizens
Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
In 2015-2016 who did the USA help with their human right abuses
Syria and Yemen
Reasons for the Iraq intervention
1) use of WMD
2) oppression of civilians and development
Successful things about the Iraq war
1) Saddam Hussein
2) USA funded a vacation programme reducing infant mortality rate by 75%
What made the airstrikes on Libya are so controversial
Five members of the UN Security Council didn’t vote as there was insufficient evidence
Between 2008 and 2011 what percent of ODA was bilateral aid
60%
How much development aid was donated to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake
$13.5 billion 75% from countries other from charity’s
In 2015 how much was loaned to Benin for its infrastructure and flood defences
$40 million
The UNs decade for woman has decreased maternal mortality rates by how much
44%
The UNs Invested how much into itdecade for woman program
$30 million
What percentage of people living in the Niger Delta the below the poverty line
70 %
In the Niger Delta how many oil spills were there in 2014 alone
550 clean up cost will be $1 billion
Colombia is the biggest receiver of US military aid how much does it receive
$10 billion
