Exam 19: Economic Development

In 2014,high-income economies with only about one-fifth of the world's population produced more than half of the world's output.

Education makes people more receptive to new ideas and methods and contributes to ready acceptance of technology.

In some developing countries,the standard of living,as measured by per capita income,has declined because:

Most developing countries rely on foreign financing because:

Most U.S.aid has been coordinated by the:

Which of the following is true?

Developing countries:

The average value added per U.S.farm worker is about _____ times that of farm workers in low- and middle-income countries.

Which of the following strategies emphasizes free trade?

Erbia,a small developing country,needs funds to develop their communication networks.Erbia is likely to approach _____ for assistance.

Laws,customs,conventions,and other institutional elements that sustain an economy fall under the category of:

Developing countries need to trade with developed countries because:

Which of the following is not true for banks in developing countries?

Which of the following is at the end of the production chain that a typical economy moves up along?

Throughout the world,poverty is found to be greater among men than women.

Which of the following resources is necessary to efficiently combine other resources to produce goods and services?

Which of the following group of countries is most likely to have a high number of telephone lines per 1,000 people?

When foreign aid is tied to purchases of low-priced food from the donor country,farm prices can drop in developing countries,hurting poor farmers.

Poor economies tend to have high education levels and high literacy rates.

Under the U.S.Food for Peace program,the availability of low-priced food from abroad hurt the farmers of developing countries because _____ in those countries.