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Homework answers / question archive / Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow During the last couple of decades, the developing world has made enormous economic progress
Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow During the last couple of decades, the developing world has made enormous economic progress. This can be seen most clearly in the rising trend of incomes and consumption: between 1965 and 1985 consumption per capital in the developing "world went up by almost 70 percent. Broader measures of well -being confirm this picture-life expectancy, child mortality, and educational attainment have all improved markedly.Against that background of achievement, it is all the more staggering and all the more shameful - that more than one billion people in the developing world are living in poverty. Progress in raising average incomes, however welcome, must not distract attention from this massive and continuing burden of poverty.The same is true of the broader measures of well-being. Life expectancy in sub-Saharan Africa is just 50 years: In Japan it is almost 80. More than 110 million children in the developing world lack access even to primary education while in the developed world, anything less than universal enrolment would rightly be regarded as unacceptable. The starkness of these contrasts attests to the continuing toll of human deprivation.It should be noted that even in the developing world, poverty levels differ from region to region, country to country and even location to location within the same country. For example, nearly half of the world's poor live in South Asia, a region that accounts for less than one third of the world's population. Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a smaller, but still highly disproportionate share of global poverty. Within regions and countries, the poor are often concentrated in certain places: in rural areas with high population densities. Often, the problems of poverty, population and the environment are intervened; earlier patterns of development and pressure of rapidly expanding populations mean that may of the poor live in areas of acute environmental degradation.It is also true that the weight of poverty falls most heavily on certain groups. Women in general are disadvantaged. This is because in poor households, they often shoulder more of the workload than men, are less educated, and have less access to remunerative activities. Children, too, suffer disproportionately, and the future quality of their lives is compromised by inadequate nutrition, health care, and education. This is especially true for girls, for their primary school enrolment rates are less then 50 percent in many African countries.Obviously, reducing poverty is the fundamental objective of economic development in any country. It is estimated that in 1985, more than one billion people in the developing world lived in absolute poverty. Clearly then, economic development has a long way to go. Knowledge about the poor is essential if governments are to adopt sound development strategies and more effective policies for attacking poverty. How many poor are there? Where do they live? What are their precise economic circumstances? Answering these questions is the first step toward understanding the impact of economic policies on the poor. a) What evidence does the author give to show that incomes and consumption trends are rising in the developing world? (2 marks) b) How does the author feel about the progress made so far by the developing world
(2 marks) c) Why does the author mention Japan? d) What is odd about the poverty situation in South Asia? (2 marks) e) Explain the relationship between poverty and a high population (3 marks) f) write the following sentences in the singular (1 mark) "They are also less educated, and have less access to remunerative activity". g) Why is a girl doubly disadvantaged in a poor country? (3 marks) h) summarize the main argument of the author. (4 marks) i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in passage. (2 marks)
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8.Betrothed by Obyero Qdhiambo The bride, they said Had gone through school Primary secondary university upwards Three thousand shillings is not enough For having fed her schooled her employed her Three thousand shillings is not enough For having borne her Cared for her doctored her And "she is pure" Three thousand shillings is not enough Look at her silky black hair Darker and finer than that Flywhisk there Look at her forehead, a nice wide trace between hair line and eyes:"She is immensely intelligent".Look at her eyes .Yes, look again Two diviners' cowries spread out Symbolically on the divination mat Deep profound intelligent Look at those lips "ndugu"- - - - -Three thousand shillings is not enough even to shake her by the hand."Fathers, this is what we walked with! Three thousand shilling As a token of ourLove For your daughter and you Our intended kin It was just a token the size of a token does not reflect The size of the heart that bringeth it My heart is full to the brim with Love For her and you my intended kin" But young man, you say, you love And you possible expect love But, young man, don't you Don't you really feel Three thousand shillings is not enough even to get love? Three thousand is not enough! 1. Briefly explain what the poem is about? (2 mks) 2. Which qualities make the bride such a special person according to her kin? 3. Identify the adjectives in the comparative degree. 2 mks) 4. Identify the metaphor in the fifth stanza and explain it's meaning
5. Why do you think the line "Three thousand shillings is not enough" is repeated several times? (2 mks) 6. How would you describe the bride's kin? Illustrate your answer (4mks) 7. What do we learn about the society from this poem?
