1. Given the joint nature of poverty, population growth, and lack of employment faced by the Philippines see what kinds of solutions you can come up with to address simultaneously all three problems.
2. Explain some important policy measures that you would expect to reduce excessive rural-urban migration. Explain.
3. Discuss the short run and long run equity issues related to increasing the quality of education as opposed to the quantity. You should be able to explain on the short run and long run effects on population growth, employment, growth, and welfare.
4. Is the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform program of the Philippines beneficial to the economic development of our country? Defend and explain your answers.
5. How will global warming and climate change adversely impact the "poor," particularly in developing nations?
6. What is the role of input-output analysis in development planning? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this technique?
7. You are a lobbyist hired by a less developed country to try to prevent a developed country from increasing trade barriers against labor-intensive manufactured imports such as textiles. Make your case, arguing from both developed and developing country perspectives, in terms of who gains and who loses.
8. What are the key ingredients of Taiwan's successful entry into world markets? What lessons can other developing countries draw from Taiwan's experience with global markets?