If We Are Interested in Knowing Whether a Poor Country

question 185

Multiple Choice

If we are interested in knowing whether a poor country is improving economically, we want to know not only what the economic growth rate is, but also

• A) whether the economic growth rate is faster than other nations' growth rates.
• B) whether government spending is growing at the same rate.
• C) whether the economic growth rate is greater than last year's rate.
• D) whether the lowest income groups are benefiting from the growth.

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Definitions:

Abrasion

The mechanical wearing away of rock surfaces by contact with sand and other solid rock particles transported by running water, waves, wind, ice, or gravity.

Transportation

In geology, the movement of sediments from one location to another by water, wind, or ice.

Pebble's Particle Size

The measure of the grain size of pebbles, generally used in geology to classify sediment grains between 2 and 64 millimeters in diameter.

Increases

An upward trend or a rise in quantity, size, number, or degree in a measurable process or variable.