I. short term debt with a maturity of one year or less
II. long-term debt with a maturity of more than one year
III. repurchase obligations to the IMF
IV. IV public official development assistance
A. I and II only
B. III and IV only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II and IV only
Related Mcqs:
- Interest payments and any principal repayments which are due on a country’s external debt are known as ?
A. Debt Payment
B. Service Charges
C. Debt Charges
D. Debt service - Which of the following is Not true about external debt ?
A. External debt accumulates with international balance on goods services and income deficcits
B. When debts are denominated in U.S dollars their appreciation during the 1990s increased the cost of servicing such debts
C. In the 19901s LDCs relied increasingly on aid from DCs
D. International lenders required LDC governments to guarantee private debt - What is National debt or public debt ?
A. State’s borrowing from its population
B. State’s borrowing from foreign government
C. state’s borrowing from international institution
D. All of these - Assume that Country A is relatively abundant in labor and Country B is relatively abundant in land Note that wages are the returns to labor and rents are the returns to land According to the factor price equalization theorem, once Country A begins specializing according to comparative advantage and trading with Country B: A. wages and rents should fall in Country A B. wages and rents should rise in Country A C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A ?
XA. wages and rents should fall in Country A
B. wages and rents should rise in Country A
C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A
D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A - The external benefits of using cars are ____ and the external costs are _____?
A. low; low
B. high; high
C. low; high
D. high; low - Which of the following country did Not suffer from increased poverty from debt and financial crises in the 1990s ?
A. Singapore (1994)
B. Mexico (1994)
C. Russia (1998)
D. Brazil (1998) - In an economy measuring (1) total value added (2)total spending on final goods and (3)total factor earning gives the result that ?
A. 3>2>1
B. 3=2=1
C. 3<2<1
D. any measure can be larger or smaller than any other - If a country has a burden of debt it cannot sustain it can ?
A. reschedule debt
B. get a loan from an international organization
C. default on the loan
D. any of the above - The policy cartel on debt reduction refers to the_______________?
A. screening of debtors based on their regional location
B. World Bank requiring LDCs seconded by a DC to get loan reduction
C. loan denial to crisis-stricken highly indebted countries
D. None of the above - The debt-service ratio is the______________?
A. long-term debt divided by GDP of a country in a given year
B. interest and principle payments divided by exports of goods and services
C. ratio of debt net of portfolio investment financing and foreign direct investment
D. default and reschedule debt minus annual export revenues that must be devoted to paying interest
