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MCQs

Total Questions : 131 | Page 13 of 14 pages

Question 121. The elasticity of propoor growth is ?

the percentage increase in the consumption growth of the poor divided by percentage increase in the consumption growth of the nonpoor
the percentage increase in the poor times percentage increase in the nonpoor
the percentage increase in the poverty of the poor divided by percentage increase in the poverty of the nonpoor
the percentage increase in the poor people in the Urban divided by percentage increase in the nonpoor in the urban

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Answer: Option A. -> the percentage increase in the consumption growth of the poor divided by percentage increase in the consumption growth of the nonpoor
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Question 122. Peer borrowing groups of five or so people with joit liability approve loans to other members as a substitute for the bank’s screening process The above statement applies to ?

Indonesia’s Badan Kredit Kecamatan (BKK)
the Association for Development of Microenterprice
Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank
the Enterprice credit program in Kolkata

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Answer: Option D. -> the Enterprice credit program in Kolkata
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Question 123. Sala-i-Martin interpolates income distribution by ?

quientiles
percentiles
simulation
relative ratio measures

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Answer: Option C. -> simulation
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Question 124. The Lorenz curve shows ?

patterns of poverty between developed and developing countries
the change in GDP per capita over time
the poorest’s income shares fall in the early stages of growth
income concentration relative to a 45-degree line

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Answer: Option A. -> patterns of poverty between developed and developing countries
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Question 125. A value of 1 in Gini index represents ?

low inequality
maximum inequality
10/10 000% inequality
1% inequality

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Answer: Option B. -> maximum inequality
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Question 126. According to Human Development Report 2003, about ________ countries were poorer in 2003 than in 1990?

50
100
1000
5

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Answer: Option A. -> 50
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Question 127. In 2003, the UN Development Program estimated that a 1-percent LDC per capita consumption growth, with income inequality unchanging, would reduce the poverty percentage by _________ percent yearly?

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Answer: Option B. -> 2
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Question 128. Indices of income distribution measure ?