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Your Assignment

Identify the most important crisis facing your country.
Determine whether this problem is primarily endogenous or exogenous.
Determine whether the best possible solutions are internal or external.

Africa: Congo, Libya, Zimbabwe

Asia: Iraq, Pakistan, Yemen

Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela

Southeast Asia: Indonesia

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Latin America, 2019-2020. Ref F1401 .L3252 2019/20
Africa, 2019-2020. Ref DT1 .D6 2019/20
East and southeast Asia, 2019-2020. Ref DS502 .H53 2019/20
The Middle East and south Asia, 2019-2020. Ref DS41 .C55 2019/20

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