A 2006 Study Conducted by the World Institute for Development

Multiple Choice

A 2006 study conducted by the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University found that the richest 1 percent of adults in the world owned __________ of global assets in the year 2000,yet the bottom half of the world adult population owned barely __________.

A) 40 percent; 20 percent
B) 70 percent; 1 percent
C) 10 percent; 10 percent
D) 50 percent; 50 percent
E) 40 percent; 1 percent