Exam 37: Global Poverty

The U.N.'s Millennium Poverty Goal is to

Which of the following statements is true?

By reducing consumption expenditures,poor nations should be able to completely finance their own capital investment.

For poor countries,a lack of capital and poorly developed infrastructure contribute to low farm productivity.

Upward mobility for those in poverty is

In 1963 the U.S.poverty standard was equal to

According to the World Bank,________ people are classified as being in severe poverty.

One World View article is titled "Glaring Inequalities." Of the countries listed,the least inequality in the distribution of income is likely to occur in

The U.N.'s Millennium Aid Goal is to raise foreign aid levels to ________ percent of donor country GDP.

In order for the existing workforce to be more productive,there needs to be

An annual income of less than $24,000 is

In his book The Other Path,de Soto suggests that countries will grow more quickly if bureaucratic barriers to free enterprise are reduced.

In which of the following would the richest tenth of the population be most likely to receive the highest percentage of the country's income?

According to the official U.S.threshold,35 percent of Americans live in poverty.

China has experienced particularly high rates of economic growth as a result of

The U.S.government counts both cash income and in-kind transfers when determining the poverty rate.

Per capita GDP will definitely increase if

If the U.S.government considers the value of in-kind transfers,the U.S.poverty rate decreases.

Free trade with other countries allows poor nations the opportunity to exploit their comparative advantage in agricultural goods.

One World View article is titled "Glaring Inequalities." Of the countries listed,the greatest inequality in the distribution of income is likely to occur in