How Would You Define Convergence

question 100

Multiple Choice

How would you define convergence?

• A) tendency for gaps between industrial countries' per-capital incomes to narrow
• B) tendency for gaps between all countries' per-capital incomes to narrow
• C) the theory that a crisis in a low-income country will spread to all countries, regardless of debt structure
• D) the theory that a crisis in a low-income country will spread to only those countries which had lent money to the original country
• E) tendency for the world distribution of income to be persistently unequal

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Mean Weight

the average weight calculated by adding all individual weights and dividing by the number of weights.

Adult Men

Adult men refers to males who have reached the legal age of maturity, which varies by country but is often considered to be 18 years or older.

Adult Women

Refers to females who have reached the age of majority, which varies by country, typically recognized as 18 years and older.