General comments:

Key points were that wicked problems can't be solved, information problems might be expensive. The expense of monitoring can be a big hurdle for aid to developing countries.

Question 1

You need to state the key difference between information and wicked problem is alignment or misalignment of values.

Then analzye the problem from that point of view and state how it would change your approach.

How would this change what you do?

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specific comments:

good background to env/poverty trap
good comparison between information and wicked problems

Very nice list of characteristics of wicked problems and information problems applied to this issue. I would have liked to see a direct statement about how this would change the approach you would take.

the example of water as a right is excellent -- I need to use that in class

Excellent point that the difference between informatoin and wicked problem might be one of scale, i.e. individual vs. community.

good analysis but a better answer would have defined what a trap is first and then related the two approache directly to that

you should analyze the same problem as the two different problem types and see how the results differ

Question 2

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You need to lay out the IPAT relationship.

explain how IPAT relationship pertains to one of these examples

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specific comments:

Yes, there are technologies and approaches to reduce impact from diapers. We'll see a case study later. It's not as straightforward as you might think.

Stating that you should pass a regulation implies this is a "simple" problem, do you think it is a simple problem?

Making milk products more expensive (through regulations) is the same idea, i.e. the answer is to simply get less consumption through taxes or other regualtions.

The role of substitutes is crucial. What if people stop drinking milk and get their protein from beef or pork?

your answer would be much better if you just worked through the  parts of the question and try to be concise

you jumped to a solution, i.e. reduction of disposable diapers, without the IPAT analysis

you jumped to a solution, i.e. reduction of milk, without the IPAT analysis