Exam 37: Global Poverty

In his book The Other Path,de Soto suggests that countries will grow more quickly if governments limit entrepreneurship.

Roughly 40%of the people who live in extreme poverty in the world live in

Providing basic health care and education for poor countries is cost-prohibitive.

According to the World Bank,"extreme" poverty is defined as an income per person of less than

Which of the following is a critical key to reducing poverty in the poorest nations?

A limit on the quantity of a good that may be imported in a given time period is

Which of the following does not contribute to a pro-business climate for investors?

Import quotas have a negative impact on poor nations because they make it difficult for poor nations to

According to the World Bank,almost 2 billion people are classified as being in severe poverty.

Which of the following is not important for the development of human capital?

In order to increase productivity and economic growth,poor nations need

Norway is a country that currently exceeds the U.N.'s Millennium Aid Goal for donor country's contribution of GDP.

Economic growth

Which of the following is not an example of microfinance?

The United Nations' goal of reducing the global rate of extreme poverty to 15 percent by 2015 is known as the

The U.N.'s Millennium Aid Goal is for nations to increase their foreign aid levels to 0.7 percent of donor country GDP.

Which of the following statements is true?

Economic growth is the key to ending global poverty.

According to the World View titled "Jeffrey Sachs: Big Money,Big Plans," how did Columbia University economics professor Jeffrey Sachs expect extreme poverty to be eliminated by 2025?

In-kind transfers include