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Consider the following information about a developing country:

Income per capita Life expectancy Adult literacy Gross enrollment

       $1037              43 years               53%              46%

 

a) Income index =

b) Life expectancy index =

c) Education index =

d) Human development index =

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Related questions

1. Countries tend to be classified as more or less developed based on

a. the literacy rate.

b. the poverty rate.

c. the level of income per capita.

d. the types of goods they produce.

2. A subsistence economy is

a. a very low income economy.

b. an economy in which people make what they consume.

c. an economy in which people receive food for pay.

d. all of the above.

3. Development economics is the study of the

a. alleviation of absolute poverty.

b. transformation of institutions.

c. allocation of resources in developing countries.

d. all of the above.

4. Which of the following is not an important objective of development?

a. increases in per capita income

b. the expansion of available choices

c. increases in individual and national self-esteem

d. all of the above are important objectives of development

5. The core values of development include

a. increasing income per person.

b. reducing the inequality of income.

c. the ability to meet basic needs.

d. all of the above.

6. An example of an upper-middle income country is

a. India.

b. Brazil.

c. Indonesia.

d. Nigeria.

7. A newly industrialized country is

a. the same as a high-income country.

b. any country that has experienced sustained growth in industry.

c. a special classification given to some upper-middle income countries that have
achieved relatively advanced manufacturing sectors.

d. any country that has moved out of lower income status.

8. Which of the following is not an upper-middle income country?

a. Brazil

b. South Africa

c. Pakistan

d. Argentina

9. One of the components of the human development index is

a. the percentage of the population who are high school graduates.

b. the average daily intake of protein.

c. life expectancy at birth.

d. the number of doctors per hundred people in the population.

10. The number of units of developing country currency required to purchase a basket of goods and services in a developing country that costs one dollar in the U.S. is given by

a. GNI price deflator.

b. Human Development Index ranking.

c. purchasing power parity.

d. the exchange rate.

Part B: Quantitative Analysis (Show all your work with graphical analysis).

Problem # 1:

The main reason why development economists take the international comparisons of GNI or GDP per capita seriously is because (please choose only one answer):

(a) The latest figures of material well-being as captured by GNI or GDP comparisons are the only way we have to measure recent economic development

(b) GNI or GDP per capita's latest estimates might reflect an economic growth of income per capita in the past.

(c) GNI or GDP per capita estimates take into account negative externalities.

(d) Alternative measures of economic development as captured by the Human Development Index (HDI) are perfectly correlated with GNI or GDP per capita.

The main reason why development economists take the international comparisons of GNI or GDP per capita seriously is because (please chose only one answer):

(a) The latest figures of material well-being as captured by GNI or GDP comparisons are the only way we have to measure recent economic development

(b) GNI or GDP per capita’s latest estimates might reflect “economic growth of income per capita” in the past

(c) GNI or GDP per capita estimates take into account “negative externatilities”

(d) Alternative measures of economic development as captured by the Human Development Index (HDI) are perfectly correlated with GNI or GDP per capita

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