A. shortages of inputs including land
B. an over-investment in farm equipment
C. migration from rural areas to urban areas
D. a lack of effective demand for food products
Related Mcqs:
- The policy that has been the most successful in increasing agricultural output in developing countries is ?
A. mechanization
B. land reform
C. import substitution
D. produce marketing boards - Developing countries that emphasize the production of raw materials or agricultural goods may realize a long-run deterioration in the international terms of trade because of ?
A. relatively low import tariffs maintained by advanced countries
B. highly elastic demand for these products in advanced countries
C. declines in the supplies of these products on world markets
D. sluggish demand for these products in advanced countries - Developing countries that concentrate production in agricultural products or raw materials may face a long-run decline in their international terms of trade because of ?
A. inelastic demand for these products in advanced countries
B. large increases in the supplies of these products on world markets because of export expansion policies
C. sluggish demand for these products in advanced countries
D. All of the above - A combined measure of productivity that takes account of both labor and capital productivity is known as ?
A. total exploitation
B. labour/capital productivity
C. total factor productivity
D. total productivity - Which of the following is not a major factor raising LDC agricultural labor productivity ?
A. new biological chemical mechanical inputs in production
B. new technical and organizational knowledge from greater specialization
C. expanded markets for agricultural output
D. massive government intervention - In low-income countries the average agricultural family produces a surplus ?
A. enough to supply only a small nonagricultural population
B. of zero
C. large enough of feed five other families
D. large enough to feed 25 other families - Developing countries, if compared with other countries, have ?
A. a lower rate of illiteracy
B. a greater degree of equality in the income distribution
C. a lower infant mortality rate
D. a smaller percentage of the labor force in urban areas - Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively low productivity and high inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?
A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency and increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar - Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively high productivity and low inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?
A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar - A widely used indicator to differentiate developed countries from developing countries is ?
A. international trade per capita
B. real income per capital
C. unemployment per capita
D. calories per capita
