post is of three assignments
1:Political Economy of Development
Watch the following PBS documentary and answer the following questions.
PBS (2012). Steeling Africa: Why Poverty? Available at
1. What is the role of the Swiss company, Glencore, in the story of steeling Africa? Why couldn’t the government of Zambia stop the flow of money to Switzerland?
2. What is the role of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in this scheme of unfair business deal between Glencore and Zambia?
3. What do you recommend that governments of African countries should do to stop similar kind of wealth transfer from their countries?
2: Sustainable Growth in Grenada’s Livestock Farming Industry
Order Description
– Philosophical stance – Pragmatism
– Mixed method approach – use of closed-ended survey (quantitative) & open-ended surveys (qualitative)
– Data collection – purposive sampling/online surveys/pilot testing performed
– Data analysis – quantitative subject to exploratory data analysis/use of descriptive statistics as well (SurveyMonkey would be used to generate & present findings) / thematic analysis used for qualitative aspect
– Ethical considerations – no organizational access for quantitative portions/organizational access required for qualitative portion/most respondents known to researcher
3:Which are the methods used in
sustainability and climate change
climate change