The emigration of highly-skilled people from the develog countries is known as ? A. The brain drain B. human capital deterioration C. productivity D. labor degradation
Simon S.Kuznets argues that the major stock of an economically advanced country is not its physical capital but ? A. natural resourcesB. body of knowledge C. land D. quantity of labor
Which of the following is Not True about education in LDCs ? A. Public expenditure per student for higher education is about ten times as high as for primary education B. The expansion of primary education redistributes benefits from the…
Which of the following is NOT true about child mortality ? A. About 18 percent of the world’s deaths are among children less than five years old B. More than 98 percent of child deaths were in LDCsC. World-wide child…
Of the 57 million people dying worldwide in 2002, _____ were from stroke and heart disease and ________ from cancer disproportionately from DCs? A. 17 million, 7 million B. 7 million, 0.7 million C. 3 million, 1 million D. 0.5…
Gunnar Myrdal argues that a major barrier to high labor productivity is ? A. due to a lack of educationB. a class system in which the elite are contemptuous of manual work C. upper-and middle-class westerners D. The lack of…
In a competitive economy, a worker earns an income equivalent to ? A. The amount of brain drain B. Marginal utilityC. Marginal Product D. The substitutability of labor to capital
By 2010 the U.S Census Bureau expects life expectancy in the tow southern African countries of Botswana and South Africa to be ? A. 30 to 40 years, about the same as in 1995B. 30 to 40 years, a fall…
Labor productivity is higher in DCs such as Japan and Germany than LDCs due to ? A. high formal education and training B. better health and physical condition of the labor forceC. Both a and b are correct D. None…
Which of the following is True about HIV/AIDS ? I- Women comprised 58 percent of HIV-positive adults in the Sub-Sahara II- AIDs infection rates in Africa are highest among urban high III- in 2001 40 million people with HIV/AIDS lived…