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  • A. Economic development theory
  • B. Harod Domes model
  • C. Rostow's development plan
  • D. Big Push theory of development

Explanation: The Big Push theory argues that a large, coordinated investment in industry and infrastructure can move a less-developed economy from…

Correct answer: Big Push theory of development
  • A. Basic qualifications
  • B. Basic education
  • C. Primary education
  • D. All

Explanation: Basic education provides foundational literacy, numeracy and elementary practical or vocational skills needed for everyday economic and…

Correct answer: Basic education
  • A. Amortization
  • B. Command economy
  • C. Autarchy
  • D. None

Explanation: Autarchy, more commonly spelled autarky, describes an economy seeking complete self-sufficiency with minimal reliance on external trade.

Correct answer: Autarchy
  • A. All
  • B. Rural sector
  • C. Farm economy
  • D. Agricultural sector

Explanation: In broad national-income classifications, the agricultural sector includes agriculture along with forestry, hunting and fishing.

Correct answer: Agricultural sector
  • A. All
  • B. Total effective demand
  • C. Total expenditure
  • D. Aggregate demand

Explanation: Aggregate demand represents the community's total effective purchasing power, expressed through total planned expenditure on goods and…

Correct answer: All
  • A. Relative poor
  • B. Real poverty
  • C. Absolute poor
  • D. None

Explanation: People whose income falls below a fixed poverty line are classified as the absolute poor, because the standard is an objective minimum…

Correct answer: Absolute poor
  • A. Rostow
  • B. Keyne's
  • C. Carl Marx
  • D. Arthur Lewis

Explanation: Arthur Lewis explained development as a structural transformation in which surplus labour moves from a traditional subsistence sector into…

Correct answer: Arthur Lewis
  • A. Rostow
  • B. Harrod Dommer
  • C. Keynes
  • D. Theodore

Explanation: Walt W. Rostow proposed the stages-of-growth model, including traditional society, preconditions for take-off, take-off, drive to maturity…

Correct answer: Rostow
  • A. Children mortality rate
  • B. Infant mortality rate
  • C. Crude mortality rate
  • D. All

Explanation: The infant mortality rate counts deaths before one year of age per 1,000 live births.

Correct answer: Infant mortality rate
  • A. South Africa
  • B. United states America
  • C. USSR
  • D. Gulf oil states

Explanation: The Gulf oil states represent an extreme physical-resource endowment because their economies possess exceptionally large petroleum…

Correct answer: Gulf oil states
  • A. 5-7%
  • B. 10-20%
  • C. 30-35%
  • D. 35-40%

Explanation: Rapid rural-to-urban migration in less developed countries commonly causes the urban labour force to expand by roughly 5–7% annually.

Correct answer: 5-7%
  • A. Open employment
  • B. Under employment
  • C. Partial employment
  • D. None

Explanation: Underemployment occurs when people have work but are employed for fewer hours or below their productive capacity.

Correct answer: Under employment
  • A. 62 %
  • B. 35 %
  • C. 21 %
  • D. 16 %

Explanation: Children form about 21% of the population in developed countries because lower fertility reduces the proportion of young dependents.

Correct answer: 21 %
  • A. 464 %
  • B. 50 %
  • C. 36 %
  • D. 20 %

Explanation: About 36% of the population of less developed countries was historically classified as urban in the statistics behind this question.

Correct answer: 36 %
  • A. 5%
  • B. 10%
  • C. 15%
  • D. 2%

Explanation: Only about 5% of the labour force works in agriculture in economically developed nations because mechanisation and non-farm industries…

Correct answer: 5%
  • A. 45 %
  • B. 65 %
  • C. 75 %
  • D. None

Explanation: Historically, approximately 65% of the population in less developed countries lived in rural areas, reflecting the greater importance of…

Correct answer: 65 %
  • A. 60 %
  • B. 70 %
  • C. 66 %
  • D. 45%Search Public Records

Explanation: In richer nations, children account for about 66% of dependents in the demographic comparison used here; the remainder consists mainly of…

Correct answer: 66 %
  • A. 45 % of the population
  • B. 55 % of the population
  • C. 35 % of the population
  • D. 65 % of the population

Explanation: The dependency burden is commonly estimated at about 45% of the population in less developed countries because a relatively large share…

Correct answer: 45 % of the population
  • A. Live birth rate
  • B. Crude birth rate
  • C. Infant birth rate
  • D. All

Explanation: The crude birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population during one year.

Correct answer: Crude birth rate
  • A. Tradititional economics
  • B. Political economics
  • C. Development economics
  • D. None

Explanation: Development economics examines how economies are transformed and accepts that government coordination and intervention may be needed to…

Correct answer: Development economics