Developing Countries Have Sometimes Adopted Policies to Shift People Out

question 90

Multiple Choice

Developing countries have sometimes adopted policies to shift people out of agriculture and into industry by protecting manufactured production.One of the problems they have encountered is that ________.

• A)people have been too reluctant to leave rural areas to go to the cities
• B)food shortages have increased in rural areas because of worker shortages
• C)demand for social and political services has increased excessively in the cities
• D)developed countries have retaliated with protection of products from the developing countries

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Definitions:

Machine Breakdown

A failure or malfunction of machinery which leads to production halting and potential delays in operations.

Budgeted Output

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Standard Cost

A predetermined or estimated cost of producing a product or service, used as a benchmark for measuring actual production costs.

Actual Production

The real quantity of products manufactured during a specific period, as opposed to planned or projected production.