What Is the Ultimate Objective Guiding Infrastructure Policy

question 14

Multiple Choice

What is the ultimate objective guiding infrastructure policy?

• A) To improve the transportation of goods and people
• B) To provide improved water services
• C) To improve well being
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Forward Rate

The interest rate agreed today for a loan to be made in the future.

Arbitrage Opportunities

Situations in which it is possible to simultaneously buy and sell assets in different markets or in different forms to benefit from price differences without risk.

Nominal Risk-free Rate

The interest rate on a risk-free security that does not account for inflation.

Purchasing Power Parity

An economic theory that states that the exchange rate between two currencies is equal to the ratio of the currencies' respective purchasing power.