The President of the World Bank Has Asked You to Calculate

question 14

Multiple Choice

The president of the World Bank has asked you to calculate the average per capita GDP growth rate of Rwanda from 1980 to 2010. In 1980, per capita GDP was about $728 and in 2010 about $1,025. You tell him the average growth rate of per capita GDP is about:

• A) 1.1 percent
• B) -1.1 percent
• C) 0.0 percent
• D) -2.3 percent
• E) 20.2 percent

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