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Bpm 115: Economics Of Community Development Question Paper

Bpm 115: Economics Of Community Development

Course:Bachelor Of Project Planning And Management

Institution: Moi University question papers

Exam Year:2010

BPM 115: ECONOMICS OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

SECTION A: (COMPULSORY)

QUESTION ONE
a. The long-term cross-cultural studies of economist Manfred Max-Neef suggest that fundamental needs fall into mind universal categories according to the School of "Human Scale Development". State any six such categories. (6mks)

b. According to the American Psychologist A. H. Maslow (1908 - 70), individuals are motivated by five levels of needs. Using an illustration, state and explain the levels. (15mks)

QUESTION TWO
a. State and explain five characteristics of absolute poverty in developing countries. (10mks)

b. People differ in the way they satisfy their needs in a variety of ways. State and explain three different ways of need satisfaction. (9mks)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS IN SECTION B

QUESTION THREE
a. Define the term community. (5mks)

b. Community development is one of the avenues through which the youth and the general population can be engaged to reduce unemployment in Kenya and hence alleviation of poverty. Discuss five strategies how this can be done. (15mks)

QUESTION FOUR
a. Distinguish between size distribution income and functional distribution income. (10mks)

b. According to a political economy approach, vulnerability should be understood in terms of powerlessness rather than simply material need. Discuss. (10mks)

QUESTION FIVE
a. Structural Adjustment Programmes were introduced in Kenya in the early nineties by World Bank and IMF with a view to streamline donor funding and create effective management of the funds and the projects for which the funds were intended. Explain four effects of these programmes to Kenya and Africa at large. (8mks)

b. Discuss the decentralization development strategies adopted by the Kenyan goverment today. (12mks)

QUESTION SIX
a. Resource mobilization is very important in community development projects. Discuss four ways in which resources can be mobilized to start a community development project. (12mks)

b. In relative terms the economies of many African, Asian and Latin American countries have been characterized by increasing deficits and heavy debts. State four reasons why large deficits occur in the economy of developing countries. (8mks)

Bpm 115: Economics Of Community Development Question Paper

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