A Method Used to Determine How to Best Employ Resources

question 32

Multiple Choice

A method used to determine how to best employ resources in a given social program or public-sector investment project is called:

• A) social net present value analysis.
• B) social benefit-cost ratio analysis.
• C) social internal rate of return analysis.
• D) cost-effectiveness analysis.

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Definitions:

Pregnancy

A biological condition characterized by the development of one or more offspring, known as an embryo or fetus, inside the uterus of a female.

Ninth Month

The final month of human pregnancy, during which significant fetal development concludes and preparations for birth intensify.

Gestation

The period of time during which an embryo develops within the uterus until birth; in humans, this process takes approximately 40 weeks from the last menstrual period.

Fetus

A developing human from roughly eight weeks after conception until the time of birth.