Income Distribution Is the Second Economic Factor

question 141

Multiple Choice

Income distribution is the second economic factor. While much of Africa consists of countries with subsistence economies, companies are increasingly targeting ________ consumers in subsistence and emerging economies.

• A) upper-class
• B) "bottom of the economic pyramid"
• C) middle-income
• D) low-income
• E) middle-income and low-income

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