PPP-Adjustment

question 18

Multiple Choice

PPP-adjustment:

• A)gives us a more realistic sense of differences in living standards around the world.
• B)lets us see that poorer countries are not quite so poor as suggested by their nominal GDP per capita.
• C)gives us a realistic sense of how the living standards of the world's poorest citizens translate into dollar terms.
• D)All of these statements are true.

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