Across
- 2. Canada’s leading development agency for assistance to the developing world
- 5. the world’s wealthiest countries; they have well-established infrastructures and their people are well-housed, healthy, and have good literacy skills
- 6. aid from rich, industrialized countries to poorer, developing countries
- 10. the spread of desert-like conditions in an area, sometimes caused by human activity
- 11. death rate; calculated as number of deaths per 1000 people in a population
- 12. a UN agency that coordinates international health activities and helps governments improve health services
- 13. the UN’s index used to rank standards of living in its member countries
- 21. a deadly infectious disease common in tropical climates, transmitted to humans by the mosquito
- 22. an international organization designed to promote economic stability and development
- 23. a form of farming in which the crops grown are used to feed the farmer and his or her family, with little or nothing left over to sell or trade
- 24. the elimination of one ethnic group from an area by another ethnic group
- 25. a measure comparing how well people live in different countries based on three indicators: life expectancy, literacy rate, and gross domestic product(GDP) per capita
- 26. an international group of five financial institutions that provide financial and technical help to developing countries
- 27. the spread of ideas, information, and culture around the world through advances in communication, technology, and travel
- 28. a UN organization that works to protect children’s rights, to make sure the basic needs of children are met and to help children reach their full potential; originally called United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
- 29. aid given to developing countries through official government programs to promote economic development and the welfare of the people
Down
- 1. non-profit local, national, or international groups that work independently of government on issues such as health, the environment, or human rights
- 3. poor, or lack of, nourishment
- 4. the percentage of a population that is able to read and write
- 7. countries that are experiencing rapid economic and industrial growth; many are switching from agricultural to industrial economies
- 8. eight goals developed by the member states of the United Nations to close the gap in living standards between developed and developing countries
- 9. aid given to a foreign country with conditions attached
- 13. countries at the low end of the UN Human Development Index that are in debt to developed nations
- 14. countries that have lower standards of living than developed countries; many have extensive poverty
- 15. programs designed by the World Bank and IMF to adjust the economies of developing countries as a condition of receiving loans
- 16. aid delivered through international organizations such as the UN and the World Bank
- 17. grants from the government, intended to help people
- 18. a very large-scale, costly project to help develop infrastructure, such as building roads, dams, or irrigation systems
- 19. gross domestic product, or the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in one year, divided by the population
- 20. structures such as roads, railways, power grids, and communications links that are basic to the functioning of a modern economy, as well as buildings such as schools and hospitals