6. Standard provisions of structural adjustment programs include all of the foll

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6. Standard provisions of structural adjustment programs include all of the following EXCEPT: (p.142) a) reduction of education and public services. b) increased subsidies. c) liberalization of trade d) emphasis on export crops. 7. Amartya Sen argues that famine is primarily the result of: (p. 146) a) absolute food shortages. b) inability to access available food. b) poorly organized food aid programs. c) natural disasters. 8. Which of the following does Sen claim will NOT insure food availability? (p. 146) a) Dependable food imports b) Land reform c) Steady employment d) Democracy 9. According to the principle of substitutability: (p. 149) a) the price of basic commodities has risen because they cannot be substituted by b) the five metals used in Simons' and Ehrlich's wager have since been substituted c) human intellect devises creative ways to substitute new resources to solve d) people are substitutable; those who die of starvation and disease will always be alternatives for others. resource scarcity. replaced by new births that result from increased population. 10. What is the best contraceptive according to the slogan of the 1974 World Population Conference in Bucharest? (p. 155) a) Development b) Abstinence c) Education d) Abortion 11. Unless checked, population growth tends to continue until it runs up against environmental limits causing poverty, hunger, misery and resource scarcity-eventually leading to a population crash. This view was proponed by which thinker? (p. 132) a) Thomas Malthus b) Frances Moore Lappé c) Paul Ehrlich d) Julian Simon

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Ans 6 b) increaed subsidies

The structural adjustment programs provided the loans to the countries who faced crisis and economical breakdown.It helped in the long term growth of the economy of the country by liberalisation of trade and export crops.

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