GMS693 Final Exam Review questions
well answered to pass
What is corruption? - correct answer ✔✔a serious crime that undermines social and economic
development and weakens the fabric of modern-day society
Who said "Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges
feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery." - correct answer ✔✔Peter Eigen -
Transparency International Chairman
How does corruption hinder social and economic development and increase poverty? - correct answer
✔✔By diverting domestic and foreign investments away from where it are most needed
What weakens education and health systems, depriving people of the basic building blocks of a decent
life? - correct answer ✔✔Corruption
Where do students pay three to five times more of their income in student loans than peers in OECD
countries? - correct answer ✔✔Chile
What did PISA find when evaluation 15y/o in reading, math and science in LAC? - correct answer ✔✔It
shows that approximately half of the students in LAC countries scored at Level 1 or below in reading,
meaning they score below the minimum level of competency as defined by PISA for students in lower
secondaryschools
Who did Odenbracht form a cartel with? - correct answer ✔✔Andrade Gutierrez
What will Maracana, Pacaembu and Mane Garrincha stadiums be converted to? - correct answer
✔✔Temporary health facilities during Covid
What is the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in South America - correct answer ✔✔3x the World
Average
,Corruption during Covid - correct answer ✔✔large sums of money are needed for emergencies forms a
perfect storm for more corruption to occur and weakens prevention mechanisms
What does corruption undermine? - correct answer ✔✔democracy by distorting electoral proccesses
and government institution leading to political instability
How does corruption exacerbate inequality and injustice? - correct answer ✔✔By perventing the rule of
law and punishing victims of crime through corrupt rulings
How is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva? - correct answer ✔✔Brazil's former president could be set for a
sensational comeback attempt after a supreme court judge annulled a series of criminal convictions
against the leftist icon and restored his political rights.
How much of the worlds population lives in Latin America - correct answer ✔✔8%
How manu homocides occur in Latin America? - correct answer ✔✔one third of worlds homicides,
400 homicides a day, or roughly 146,000 a year
Who said " there isn't one monolithic factor that explains the high homicide rates but there are some
invariant factors that seem to correlate with homicide across time and space" - correct answer
✔✔Robert Muggah, Research director at Brazil's Igarapé Institute
What are the invariant factors that seem to correlate with homocide across time and space? - correct
answer ✔✔
What does the Gini coefficient measure? - correct answer ✔✔income inequality
What is the Gini coefficient strongly linked to? - correct answer ✔✔Homocide
How many of the most unequal countires are in LAC - correct answer ✔✔15 of 20
, 17 of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world are located in LAC - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
The regional average poverty rate fell significantly between 2002 and 2014 (12 years period), from 45.4%
to 27.8%, with 66 million people emerging from poverty and extreme poverty rate decreased from
12.2% to 7.8% - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
How much did poverty increase by in 2015? - correct answer ✔✔More than 40% of the population are
either poor or extremely poor!
How much did regional homocide increase by due to poverty - correct answer ✔✔homicide rate has
increased 3.7% annually over the past decade, three times the population growth rate of 1.1%
At the same time, in Brazil, the richest 1% retain more than 27% of the total income and wealth - correct
answer ✔✔How is Brazils income inequality
What countries have become almost synonymous with gang related murders and assassinations often
linked to the drug trade. - correct answer ✔✔Countries like Mexico
How many homocide victims were there in Mexico in 2018 and 2020? - correct answer ✔✔33,753 set a
record for the second year in a row. 2020 count, 32,759 people had been murdered in Mexico that year
What are the homocide rates in Brazil? - correct answer ✔✔fell 13% between 2017 and 2018, but that
still means 51,589 people were killed
What often translates directly to crime? - correct answer ✔✔lack of work, especially for youth
In Brazil, every 2% increase in unemployment results in a 1% increase in homicide," Muggahsaid.
"There's a pretty linear relationship. - correct answer ✔✔Unemployement and Homocide relationship In
Brazil
Firearms in the Americas - correct answer ✔✔In the Americas 66% of homicides are committed with
firearms while globally only 4 out of 10 homicides is committed with guns
well answered to pass
What is corruption? - correct answer ✔✔a serious crime that undermines social and economic
development and weakens the fabric of modern-day society
Who said "Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges
feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery." - correct answer ✔✔Peter Eigen -
Transparency International Chairman
How does corruption hinder social and economic development and increase poverty? - correct answer
✔✔By diverting domestic and foreign investments away from where it are most needed
What weakens education and health systems, depriving people of the basic building blocks of a decent
life? - correct answer ✔✔Corruption
Where do students pay three to five times more of their income in student loans than peers in OECD
countries? - correct answer ✔✔Chile
What did PISA find when evaluation 15y/o in reading, math and science in LAC? - correct answer ✔✔It
shows that approximately half of the students in LAC countries scored at Level 1 or below in reading,
meaning they score below the minimum level of competency as defined by PISA for students in lower
secondaryschools
Who did Odenbracht form a cartel with? - correct answer ✔✔Andrade Gutierrez
What will Maracana, Pacaembu and Mane Garrincha stadiums be converted to? - correct answer
✔✔Temporary health facilities during Covid
What is the number of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 in South America - correct answer ✔✔3x the World
Average
,Corruption during Covid - correct answer ✔✔large sums of money are needed for emergencies forms a
perfect storm for more corruption to occur and weakens prevention mechanisms
What does corruption undermine? - correct answer ✔✔democracy by distorting electoral proccesses
and government institution leading to political instability
How does corruption exacerbate inequality and injustice? - correct answer ✔✔By perventing the rule of
law and punishing victims of crime through corrupt rulings
How is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva? - correct answer ✔✔Brazil's former president could be set for a
sensational comeback attempt after a supreme court judge annulled a series of criminal convictions
against the leftist icon and restored his political rights.
How much of the worlds population lives in Latin America - correct answer ✔✔8%
How manu homocides occur in Latin America? - correct answer ✔✔one third of worlds homicides,
400 homicides a day, or roughly 146,000 a year
Who said " there isn't one monolithic factor that explains the high homicide rates but there are some
invariant factors that seem to correlate with homicide across time and space" - correct answer
✔✔Robert Muggah, Research director at Brazil's Igarapé Institute
What are the invariant factors that seem to correlate with homocide across time and space? - correct
answer ✔✔
What does the Gini coefficient measure? - correct answer ✔✔income inequality
What is the Gini coefficient strongly linked to? - correct answer ✔✔Homocide
How many of the most unequal countires are in LAC - correct answer ✔✔15 of 20
, 17 of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world are located in LAC - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
The regional average poverty rate fell significantly between 2002 and 2014 (12 years period), from 45.4%
to 27.8%, with 66 million people emerging from poverty and extreme poverty rate decreased from
12.2% to 7.8% - correct answer ✔✔TRUE
How much did poverty increase by in 2015? - correct answer ✔✔More than 40% of the population are
either poor or extremely poor!
How much did regional homocide increase by due to poverty - correct answer ✔✔homicide rate has
increased 3.7% annually over the past decade, three times the population growth rate of 1.1%
At the same time, in Brazil, the richest 1% retain more than 27% of the total income and wealth - correct
answer ✔✔How is Brazils income inequality
What countries have become almost synonymous with gang related murders and assassinations often
linked to the drug trade. - correct answer ✔✔Countries like Mexico
How many homocide victims were there in Mexico in 2018 and 2020? - correct answer ✔✔33,753 set a
record for the second year in a row. 2020 count, 32,759 people had been murdered in Mexico that year
What are the homocide rates in Brazil? - correct answer ✔✔fell 13% between 2017 and 2018, but that
still means 51,589 people were killed
What often translates directly to crime? - correct answer ✔✔lack of work, especially for youth
In Brazil, every 2% increase in unemployment results in a 1% increase in homicide," Muggahsaid.
"There's a pretty linear relationship. - correct answer ✔✔Unemployement and Homocide relationship In
Brazil
Firearms in the Americas - correct answer ✔✔In the Americas 66% of homicides are committed with
firearms while globally only 4 out of 10 homicides is committed with guns
