The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4 - Make a difference for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
Read an article which discusses these issues, based on a book by the academic Jeffrey Sachs. How would Jeffrey Sachs answer the questions in Exercise 1? Explain the title of the report.
Answer
- He thinks the future is bright. Even though he may sometimes paint a bleak picture of the state of the world, he nevertheless believes the solutions are simple and achievable and that we can make things better.
- Sachs thinks all of these are pressing global problems.
- The simplest solution to global child mortality is to provide an anti-mosquito net for each child. In turn, this would reduce the rising population as the main reason parents have lots of kids is because they’re scared kids will die. A lower birth rate means less of a strain is placed on natural resources as less food is required. Children don’t have to be put to work on farms, but can study. Better education will then help improve farming techniques. Other measures such as free school meals and better birth control would also help. The title of the report – Only connect – shows the need for all these approaches to be interconnected.
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