Questions-Development

1. Why do women constitute the majority of the lowest income sector in societies around the world? http://www.rdiland.org/ABOUTRDI/About.html

2. Why have more people fallen below the poverty line in the United States since 2002?

3. What does poverty look like in developed nations?

4. Why are some countries resistant to accepting aid from prominent donor agencies affiliated with the US and Europe or transnational organizations like UN and World Bank?

5. How are some development programs implementing alternatives to the traditional "donor-recipient" model of development, and what lessons do they teach us?

6. What long-term impact do natural disasters have on the lives of low-income women the world around?

7. Why are a majority of displaced people women and young people? What hardships do they have to face?

8. What are the root causes for poverty in the developing world?

9. Who are some of the notable women in the world of development and relief?

10. What are the core services that need to be provided to guarantee the health and vitality of human societies?