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
Related Mcqs:
- A country’s total external debt (EDT) includes ?
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 assistanceA. I and II only
B. III and IV only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II and IV only - 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 - 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 - 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) - Which of the following is referred by the Debt retirement ?
A. To write-off debt
B. To reschedule debt
C. To repay debt in easy installments
D. The complete repayment of debt - 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 - In 1990, during the Persian Gulf War, the U.S government extended generous terms to two middle-income countries by canceling or reducing their debt The two countries were ?
A. Iraq and Iran
B. Egypt and Poland
C. Pakistan and Afghanistan
D. Saudi Arabia and Jordan - 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 - What is called the centers around the ability of a national economy to generate enough interests and principal on its foreign debt ?
A. National economic risk
B. Country economic risk
C. Country finance risk
D. Foreign exchange risk
