The Figure Given Below Shows the Lorenz Curves of Two

question 31

Multiple Choice

The figure given below shows the Lorenz curves of two countries (Country A and Country B) .Figure 19.2
Total income (cumulative percentage)
Total population (cumuative percentage)

-Following are the controversies over how poverty should be measured, except:

• A)government transfers and other programs are not properly taken into account in the measures of poverty.
• B)the poverty measures do not distinguish among the needs of different individuals.
• C)the concept of poverty line does not draw any distinction between income and purchasing power.
• D)the concept of poverty line does not take into account the expenditure on food by each family.
• E)the income generated in the underground economy are not taken into account.

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