Question

1 If the U.S. government takes the value of in-kind transfers into consideration, the U.S. poverty rate decreases.True/False

2 If women are not allowed to own property or inherit wealth but men are, this is an example of comparative advantage.True/False

3 In his book The Other Path, de Soto suggests that countries will grow more quickly if governments limit entrepreneurship.True/False

4 In his book The Other Path, de Soto suggests that countries will grow more quickly if bureaucratic barriers to free enterprise are reduced. True/False

5 In-kind transfers include housing subsidies and food stamps. True/False

6 Lack of access to sanitation and inadequate medical care have a negative impact on the development of human capital.True/False

7 Over half of the people in the world who live in extreme poverty live in China and India combined. True/False

   8 Poverty is considered to be more permanent in the United States than it is in other nations. True/False

   9 Providing basic health care and education for poor countries is cost prohibitive. True/False

10    The U.N. has established a Millennium Poverty Goal of cutting the number of people in extreme global poverty in half by 2015.True/False

Answer 1