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1. Considering the various issues discussed in this class, how would you describe a sustainable world? Second, discuss what in your view would be the three most important features or characteristics of that world. Finally, suggest any three policy tools or strategies necessary to actualize your sustainability vision.

2. Discuss in detail any three features of healthcare which, as discussed in class, are partly responsible for market failure in that sector. Second, compare the main features of US and Swedish healthcare policies. Finally, suggest which of the two models offers a more effective solution to the problems associated with market failure in the healthcare sector. Be sure to provide thorough justification of your choice.

3. Define the terms development and developing world. Second, discuss in detail the social and economic characteristics of developing countries. In conclusion, specify which of the main factors that contribute to poverty you would consider as the most important.

4. Identify the three Bretton Woods institutions established after world War II. Be sure to explain the role played by each institution in the context of the global economy. In the second part of your essay, please discuss in detail the weaknesses of GATT which led to its replacement by WTO in 1995. Thirdly, in what ways is WTO expected to make up for the limitations of its predecessor? Finally, discuss the reasons Third World countries are not satisfied with WTO.

5. Briefly explain the meaning and usefulness of pension as a major concern of public policy in the developed countries of Europe and North America. Second, discuss the factors that contributed to pension reform in Europe. Finally, with regard to cross-national policy learning, specify the lessons European government can learn from US pension policy. In your conclusion, suggest what you see as the consequences of not learning those lessons.