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In reviewing discussions of life in developing countries, what is it about lifestyles in the low-income countries compared with lifestyles in the high-income countries that most strikes you? Why?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Question 2 - Marketing boards were intended to
 
  a. buy crops from farmers
  b. import crops from other countries
  c. subsidize agriculture by incurring losses
  d. ensure that all food stayed in the country
  e. all of the above

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Question 3 - Subsistence production is
 
  a. produced on the farm for a city market
  b. produced for export
  c. produced for sale to neighboring villages
  d. produced for consumption by the producer
  e. none of the above.

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Question 4 - What do you think are the most serious obstacles to further progress in the developing world?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Question 5 - The gap between rich and poor countries is likely to be greatest for
 
  a. life expectancy
  b. literacy rate
  c. per capita income
  d. moral development
  e. years of education

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Question 6 - Make a case that development economics might be merely a combination of all the other subfields of economics, only applied to low-income countries.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[ 1 ]  This is an open-ended question to stimulate reflection.

[ 2 ]  A

[ 3 ]  D

[ 4 ]  The main point here is to ensure that students are thinking carefully about the issues raised in the text. You may also wish to draw from the critical questions on Pages 911.

[ 5 ]  C

[ 6 ]  See Question 3 above.

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