Developing countries Flashcards

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Accord commercial

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Trade agreement

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Accorder (une aide)

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To grant

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Bénévolat

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Volunteer work

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Affranchir

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To enfranchise, free

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Aggraver

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To worsen

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Agriculture vivrière

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Subsistence farming

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Aide alimentaire d’urgence

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Emergency food aid

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Aide internationale

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International aid

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Aide humanitaire

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Humanitarian aid

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Allègement de la dette

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Debt relief

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Alphabétisation

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Literacy

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Altermondialisme

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Alterglobalisation

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Analphabétisme

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Illiteracy

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Annulation de dette

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Debt cancellation /
forgiveness

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Approvisionnement

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Procurement, supply

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Asile (demandeur)

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Asylum (seeker)

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Atelier d’exploitation

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Sweatshop

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Avantage comparé

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Comparative advantage

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(la) Banque mondiale

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(the) World Bank

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Barrières douanières

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Tariffs

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Bénévolat

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Volunteer work

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Bénévole

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Volunteer

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Cheptel

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Livestock

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Criblé de dette

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debt-ridden

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Cultures de rente / rapport

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Cash crops

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Confronter (problème)

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To face, address

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Croissance d’exportations

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Export-led growth

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Croissance (taux de)

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Growth (rate)

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Cultures génétiquement modifiées

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Genetically-modified crops (GM)

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Cultures de rente

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Cash crops

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31
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Cultures vivrières

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Subsistence crops

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Décroissance

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Uneconomic growth

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33
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Denrée (alimentaire)

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Foodstuffs

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Denrée de base

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Staple food

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35
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Développement durable

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Sustainable development

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36
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Ebauche d’accord

A

Draft deal

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37
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Économie intégrée

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Integrated economy

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38
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Économies d’échelle

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Economies of scale

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39
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Endettement

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Indebtedness

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Entreprises nationales

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State-owned companies

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Espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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42
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Explosion démographique

A

Population explosion, boom

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Exportation

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Exports

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Faim

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Hunger

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Famélique

A

Famished

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Fardeau

A

Burden

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Flux de capitaux

A

Capital flow

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Flux migratoires

A

Cross-border / migration flow

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FMI

A

IMF = International Monetary Fund

50
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Fossé riches / pauvres

A

Poverty gap

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Fuir, échapper

A

To flee, escape

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Fuite des capitaux

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Capital flight

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Fuite des cerveaux

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Brain drain

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Importations / l’importation

A

Imports, importing

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Ingérence de l’État

A

State interference

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Industrie agroalimentaire

A

Agribusiness

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Insuffisance alimentaire

A

Food insecurity

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Lever des fonds

A

To raise funds

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Libéralisation du commerce

A

Trade liberalisation

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Libre-échange

A

Free trade

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Main d’œuvre immigrée

A

Migrant Labour

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Main d’œuvre infantile

A

Child labour

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Moratoire sur la dette

A

Debt moratorium

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Mourir de faim

A

To starve

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Niveau de vie

A

Standard of living

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Org. mondiale du travail

A

International Labour
Organisation = ILO

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ONG

A

Non Governmental
Organisations = NGOs

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Pays émergents

A

Middle-income / emerging countries

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Pays en voie de dvlpt

A

Developing countries

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Pays les moins avancés
(PMA)

A

Least Developed Countries
= LDCs

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Pays surrendettés

A

Over-indebted countries

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Pays riches

A

Wealthy / affluent countries

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Politique commerciale

A

Trade policy

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Pénurie

A

Scarcity, shortage

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PIB

A

Gross Domestic Product
= GPD

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PNB

A

Gross National Product
= GNP

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Pouvoir d’achat

A

Purchasing power

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Programme de relance

A

Stimulus package

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Protections commerciales

A

Trade protection

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Récolter (agri.)

A

To harvest

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Réduction de la pauvreté

A

Poverty alleviation

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Réduire

A

To lower, cut back

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Rééchelonnement de dette

A

Debt rescheduling

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Réforme agraire

A

Land reform

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Réfugié

A

Refugee

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Relance économique

A

Economic recovery

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Remboursement de la dette

A

Debt service

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Renverser la tendance

A

To buck the trend

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Retenir

A

to detain

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Responsabiliser, autonomiser

A

To empower

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Revenu national / habitant

A

Per capita national income

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Sécheresse

A

Drought

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Sévir

A

To be rampant, hit

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SIDA

A

AIDS

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Soulager

A

To relieve

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Sous-alimenté

A

Underfed

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Sous-développement

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Underdevelopment

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Stimuler (développement)

A

To spur / boost development

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Subventionner

A

To subsidise

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Subventions

A

Subsidies

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Surpeuplé

A

Overcrowded

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Taux de fécondité

A

Fertility rate

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Taux de mortalité infantile

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Infant death rate

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Tiers-monde

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Third World