Exam 19: Economic Development

In developing countries,farm productivity is low because _____.

Suppose the best and the brightest professionals of the country of Eronia migrate to Glassen for work.The upside of this brain drain is:

Which of the following is an example of multilateral transfer?

Differences in stages of development among countries are reflected in a number of ways besides per capita income.

One of the reasons why poor nations have not been able to close the development gap is:

Growth is limited for developed countries like the U.S.because _____.

Erbia is a developing country.Erbia's neighbor Glassen is also a developing country,which is growing at a fast rate by adopting existing technology.Unlike Glassen,Erbia is not growing as fast as it should.Which of the following could be one of the reasons for the slower growth in Erbia?

If Eddie Li is a skilled worker employed in a low-skill job,he is:

Many developing countries were once under colonial rule,a system of government that:

Inequality across households can be measured by looking at the share of national income:

In some developing countries,different exchange rates apply to different categories of transaction,and therefore,_____.

More than half the labor force in India is engaged in the manufacturing sector.

Because of disappointment with the results of government aid,the trend is to _____.

Which of the following groups is likely to lose from free trade?

If the country of Zorg has a birth rate of greater than 2.2 births per woman,it is likely that Zorg is an industrial market country.

Which of the following is true of bilateral funding?

Privatization is the taking over of private companies by the government.

Compared to industrial market countries,developing countries usually have:

Labor productivity depends on:

Japan has one of the most developed economies in the world because Japan is rich in natural resources.