I- are understaffed politically muddled and administratively complex
II- are biased toward Asia
III- go primarily to less developed countries in Africa
IV- focus on loans and the grant element of aid is low
A. I, II and III
B. I, II and IV
C. II, III and IV
D. I, II, III and IV
Related Mcqs:
- To maintain its economic position, Japan has often limited the number of cars or the quantity of farm products that the United States can sell in Japan Japan has imposed these limits to develop ?
A. an equality of trade position
B. a favorable balance of trade
C. a more open market
D. a belief system - If the exchange rate between the UK and Japan changes from £1 = 100 yen to £1 = 150 yen then ceteris paribus, the price of UK goods in Japan ?
A. will remain the same
B. will decrease
C. will increase
D. could either increase of decrease - Due to Japan’s high saving rate, suppose that the Japanese invest abroad. This investment may result in a/an _______ of the Japanese yen and therefore a for Japan?
A. appreciation; trade surplus
B. appreciation; trade deficit
C. depreciation; trade surplus
D. depreciation; trade deficit - The emergence of Japan as a world economic power has been based mostly on Japan’s ?
A. development of nuclear power
B. abundance of fossil fuels
C. strong traditional of military rule
D. business enterprise and organization - Organized family-planning programs and the demand for birth control resulting from urbanization, modernization, economic development and increased education have contributed to ?
A. a decline in fertility
B. The demographic transition from stage 3 to stage 2
C. increases in the ratio of labor to capital
D. an increase in the dependency ratio - A person who regularly watches BBC television programs in the UK but fails to pay their TV licence fee is known as ?
A. excess baggage
B. a free rider
C. a costly rider
D. a common resource
E. an unwelcome rider - Guest worker programs usually result in temporary migration of workers from ?
A. impoverished countries to impoverished countries
B. impoverished countries to wealthy countries
C. wealthy countries to wealthy countries
D. wealthy countries to impoverished countries - Current anti-poverty programs discourage work because ?
A. benefits are reduced at such a high rate when recipients earn more income that there is little or no incentive to work once one is receiving benefits.
B. in order to be eligible for benefits a recipient cannot have a job
C. they make recipients more comfortable than most middle-class citizens.
D. anti-poverty programs attract naturally lazy people to begin with. - Planning in many LDCs has failed because detailed programs for the public sector have not been worked out and ?
A. governments depend primarily on their colonial masters
B. excessive controls are used in the private sector
C. the brain drains cost government substantially
D. monopolies dominate in the agricultural sector - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 12 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 8 percent For Japan the annual interest rate on government securities equals 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 5 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to depreciate
B. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to appreciate
C. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to depreciate
D. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to appreciate
