When Describing the IMF Broad Country Classification,the Most Accurate Statement

question 25

Multiple Choice

When describing the IMF broad country classification,the most accurate statement is that

• A) the category with the greatest number of countries is the advanced economies.
• B) the emerging market economies are countries that were, until the early 1990s, part of the Soviet Union or its satellites.
• C) most of the nations in Western Europe are considered emerging market economies.
• D) most of the world's population lives in advanced economies.
• E) about 50 percent of the world's population live in the advanced economies and the other 50 percent live in the emerging market and developing economies.

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Definitions:

Asthenosphere

The upper mantle's region directly beneath the lithosphere, characterized by high viscosity, mechanical weakness, and ductile deformation.

Oceanic Lithosphere

The rigid outer layer of the Earth under the ocean basins, composed of the crust and upper mantle that is specifically associated with oceanic regions.

Ridge Push

A tectonic process driven by gravitational forces that cause the spreading of the seafloor away from oceanic ridges.

Asthenosphere

A region of the Earth's mantle lying below the lithosphere, characterized by relatively low viscosity and mechanical weakness.