Why were the USSR and the US involved in developing countries?

Answer: The United States and USSR sought to influence countries by offering foreign aid or other forms of economic assistance, but that aid often came with strings attached. The superpowers put pressure on developing countries to adopt either socialist or capitalist economic policies.

affirmative action refers to the policies that take gender, race, or ethnicity into account in order to promote equal opportunity.

employers subject to title vii are prohibited from taking race or sex into account in any employment decisions. aa is a penalty for having any job group substantially statistically "underutilized" in any race or either sex. the employer must take steps to eliminate the underutilization, then stop, ending its aa efforts