-Refer to Table 20-13

question 392

Essay

-Refer to Table 20-13. The Human Development Report computes a measure of inequality by dividing the income of the richest 10% of the population by the income of the poorest 10%. If the value for this measure of inequality in the US is 15.9 and the value for India is 8.6, how does Imagination compare to these two nations?

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