Global Development Essentials
Eight medium-difficulty multiple-choice questions on high-leverage concepts, frameworks, and mindsets in global development.
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Question 1: What best describes the 'systems thinking' mindset in development practice?
Replacing local institutions with centralized technical solutions
Prioritizing single-sector projects to maximize short-term outputs
Focusing only on individual behavior change without context
Analyzing how elements interact across a whole system to find leverage points
Question 2: Which metric choice most aligns with a capability approach to development?
Using only literacy rates without context
Counting the number of projects completed annually
Tracking GDP growth per capita only
Measuring people's real freedoms and opportunities to do and be what they value
Question 3: Which evaluation approach most reliably tests whether a program caused observed changes?
Randomized controlled trials or other credible counterfactual designs
Collecting only beneficiary testimonials
Documenting implementation timetables
Reporting inputs and budgets without outcomes
Question 4: If a project succeeds in pilot towns but fails when scaled nationally, which common mistake likely occurred?
Neglecting context variability and assuming pilot conditions generalize
Testing variations before broad roll-out
Investing in local capacity and monitoring
Using rigorous evidence to guide adaptations
Question 5: Which behavior most reflects effective 'problem framing' in development design?
Choosing solutions before analyzing causes
Assuming the same problem exists everywhere
Reframing problems using local perspectives and testing assumptions iteratively
Defining problems only by donor priorities
Question 6: Why is focusing solely on economic growth an incomplete development strategy?
Because growth can occur without improvements in equity, health, or capabilities
Because growth guarantees immediate social transformation
Because growth is always harmful to the environment
Because growth cannot be measured reliably
Question 7: Which practice helps ensure local ownership and sustainability of development initiatives?
Centralizing decisions away from communities
Short-term publicity campaigns without follow-up
Co-designing solutions with local stakeholders and building their capacities
Delivering one-off technical inputs from external experts
Question 8: Which statement best busts the myth that 'aid dependency' always causes harm?
Aid can be harmful or helpful depending on design, incentives, and local institutions
Aid always creates permanent government dependency
Aid is never useful in fragile contexts
All aid inevitably undermines local markets