The Doing Business Reports Are Considered by Many Economists to Have

question 40

Multiple Choice

The Doing Business reports are considered by many economists to have contributed to economic growth and poverty reduction.The effectiveness of the reports may be attributed to ________.

• A)their encouragement to governments to reduce impediments to business
• B)their encouragement to businesses to migrate to business-friendly locations
• C)their deepening of economists' understanding of economic growth
• D)their exposing of corrupt officials and practices

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Definitions:

Completion Rates

The percentage of participants who finish a given course, program, or study, often used as a metric of success or effectiveness.

Preferred Activity

An activity that an individual chooses or prefers over other options, often used in reinforcement learning and behavior modification strategies.

Response Deprivation Theory

A theory suggesting that a behavior can become reinforcing when access to that behavior is restricted below its baseline level of occurrence.

Baseline Occurrence

The rate at which a behavior occurs before any intervention or conditioning is applied.