Exam 9: The Political Economy of Third World Development

Because they had smaller populations and fewer agricultural products to export than did Argentina,Brazil,or Mexico,East Asian countries such as Taiwan and Singapore opted for an EOI economic strategy.

In a "developmental state" the state (government)

In recent decades the Third World's rate of poverty (the poor as a percentage of the total population)

Which of these countries challenges the widespread belief that democracies are not well suited for the early expansion of industrialization?

Which type of economy has best reduced environmental pollution?

Which one of the following was NOT true of Latin American statism?

What are the main characteristics of a command economy? What advantages and disadvantages have command economies brought to countries that use that model?

What is the meaning of "sustainable development"?

Which group of consumers was Latin American ISI production designed to serve?

When Bueno de Mesquita et al.compared the economic growth rates of hundreds of democratic and autocratic governments during the last half of the 20^th century,they found that

China emits much more greenhouse gas than the United States does,but only emits slightly more on a per-capita basis.

As a number of more advanced Latin American economies begin to shift,at least in part,to EOI,some economists worry that

The United States never ratified the Kyoto Protocol

What is a command economy?

Currently the world's greatest source of greenhouse gases comes from

Which of the following statements about less developed countries is true?

What is an economic policy of laissez faire?

Neoliberalism advocates

Since the 1970s,China has moved away from a command economy.

Globalization appears to have narrowed the income gap between highly developed countries and most countries in Asia,Africa,and Latin America