Practice Quiz: Chapter 11

. What is the world's most developed country, by per capita GDP (in 2016)?

. What is the world's least developed country, by per capita GDP (in 2016)?

. Which term refers to short-term relief, largely humanitarian in nature, and taking the form of donations and gifts?

. What is the world's most developed country, by HDI (in 2016)?

. What is the world's least developed country, by HDI (in 2016)?

. Which conflict was a dominating factor in the first wave of development?

. What is the top recipient country in the world of official development assistance (as of 2015)?

. Which term refers to programs that give out money in tiny amounts to people in the developing world who want to start small businesses?

. What approach, developed by economist Amartya Sen, focuses on building up a set of traits or skills within people, who thereby become empowered to become productive members of society?

. What is a white elephant?

. The tools of aid are more complicated than the tools of development.

. Standard of living is a qualitative measure of development while quality of life is a quantitative measure.

. Investment in women and children has the best overall payoff per development dollar.

. Many believe that using HDI to measure development is more controversial and subjective than using GDP.

. Development assistance can include loans, direct investments, or advice and exptertise.

. Combined, Africa and Asia absorb 74 per cent of the world's total in aid and development assistance.

. A key feature of structural adjustment programs was increasing a governments presence in the domestic economy.

. Rapid, dramatic price hikes (high inflation) have proven to be very good for an economy.

. Innumeracy is the inability to do basic math.

. The UN's Millennium Development Goals have all been completely achieved.

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