U.S total official development assistance to developing countries is ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Aid or official development assistance (ODA) includes ?

   I- developments grants
   II- loans with at least 25 percent grant element
   III- military assistance
   IV- technical cooperation

   A. I and II only
   B. I, II and III only
   C. I, II and IV only
   D. I, II, III and IV only

2. The pattern of economic growth describes the phenomenon of countries moving up in technological development by following the patterns of countries ahead of them in the development process ?

   A. flying geese
   B. import substitution
   C. export orientation
   D. commodity expansion

3. Tariff levels in advanced countries tend to be __________ tariff levels in developing countries?

   A. higher than
   B. equal to
   C. lower than
   D. there is no general pattern

4. 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

5. 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

6. What is the ratio of population density of developing countries to the population of developed countries ?

   A. 10
   B. 2
   C. no more than 1
   D. 20

7. To help developing nations strengthen their international competitiveness many industrial nations have granted non-reciprocal tariff reductions to developing nations under the ?

   A. international commodity agreements program
   B. multilateral contract program
   C. generalized system of preferences program
   D. export-led growth program

8. An export quota agreement to stabilize the price of bauxite tends to be more successful when the member producer countries as a percentage of the world’s producer countries is __________ and the _________ it is for the member producer countries to store/stock pile bauxite?

   A. relatively small; more difficult
   B. relatively small; easier
   C. relatively large; more difficult
   D. relatively large; easier

9. Which of the following strategies have developing countries not used to deal with the problem of unstable export markets ?

   A. multilateral contracts
   B. production and export controls
   C. buffer stock arrangements
   D. tariff-rates quotas

10. Many developing countries instituted import substitution policies because ?

    A. the prices of the goods they imported were falling
    B. the price of goods they exported were increasing
    C. their terms of trade were deteriorating
    D. their terms of trade were improving