What percentage of the global population lives in What the World Bank describes as high-income countries ?

A. 50%
B. 22%
C. 35%
D. 15%

What proportion of malnourished children under the age of five in the world,s low-and middle-income countries live in countries that actually produce a food surplus ?

A. Less than 10%
B. Around 25%
C. Around 50%
D. More than 75%

Which theorist is most associated with world-systems theory ?

A. Walt rostow
B. Immanuel waller-stein
C. Amartya sen
D. None of the above

What is the main role of the International Monetary Fund ?

A. To reduce levels of global inequality
B. To generate economic activity in the developing countries
C. To maintain stability in the world financial system
D. To provide funds for education programmed across the world

In demographic terms what is the main argument associated with Malthusianism ?

A. Population growth creates the conditions for the spread of disease
B. All countries must pass through the demographic transition
C. Population growth tends to outstrip food production
D. Birth control is irrelevant for the control of population growth

World-systems theory distinguishes between core peripheral and semi-peripheral countries Which one of the following countries is part of the semi-periphery ?

A. Brazil
B. Japan
C. Ethiopia
D. Spain

Which of these is not a key factor behind the potential economic catch-up of developing nations according to Willem Buiter ?

A. A young population
B. Good healthcare system
C. Education
D. Careful policy planning

Global economic inequality refers primarily to______________?

A. Systematic difference in wealth and income between global firms
B. Systematic differences in wealth and income between countries
C. Systematic differences in wealth and income within countries
D. Systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries

According to the World Bank Which of these is a middle-income country ?

A. India
B. China
C. Indonesia
D. Vietnam

Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew on the ideas of_____________?

A. Walt rostow
B. Karl marx
C. Immanuel wallerstein
D. Bretton woods