The Human Development Index (HDI) ranks all countries on the scale of:

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1. The Human Development Index (HDI) summarizes a great deal of social performances in a single composite index combining ?

   A. disparity reduction rate, human resource development rate and the composite index B. longevity, education and living standard C. minimum schooling, adult literacy and tertiary educational attainment D. human resource training development and R&D...

2. Which indicator/s is/are used in the Human Development Index(HDI)?

   A. Standard of Living B. Life Expectancy C. Education D. All Submitted by: Kamran Shaukat Gondal...

3. In the Px = export price index, Pm = import price index, Qx = export quantity index,and Qm = import quantity index. Developing countries tend to maintain that their commodity term of trade have declined over the long run suggesting that _________ has declined?

   A. Px/Pm B. Pm/Px C. (Pm/Px)Qm D. (Px/Pm)Qx...

4. The Human Development Report 2003, which assumes that poverty is multidimensional calculates a human poverty index based on which of the following measures of deprivation ?

   I- probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 II- adult illiteracy rate III- negative economic growth IV- lack of a decent standard of living A. I and II only B. III and IV only C. I, II and III only D. I, II and IV...

5. 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...

6. If the diagram of a line shows that lower values on the vertical scale are associated with higher values on the horizontal scale this is an example of ?

   A. a nonlinear relationship B. a positive linear relationship C. a scatter diagrams D. a negative linear relationship...

7. Suppose Handel’s Ice Cream experiences economies of scale up to a certain point and diseconomies of scale beyond that point. Its long-run average cost curve is most likely to be ?

   A. downward sloping to the right B. U-shaped C. Horizontal D. upward sloping to the right...

8. Longevity is proxy for ________ in the Human Development Index?

   A. health and nutrition B. living standard C. infant mortality D. Purchasing Power Parity...

9. 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...

10. According to Human Development Report 2003, about ________ countries were poorer in 2003 than in 1990?

    A. 50 B. 100 C. 1000 D. 5...