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Official development assistance targeting the rural sector ________.

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a. has become increasingly tied to performance indicators

b. has stagnated in recent years

c. continues to decline

d. has continually increased in recent years

e. none of the choices (above and/or below)

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Traditionally, most countries have developed by ________.

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a. liberalizing their markets

b. implementing comparative advantage policies

c. protecting their currencies

d. protecting their infant industries

e. implementing commodity control schemes

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Integrated rural development was appealing to the World Bank because ________.

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a. piecemeal development had been successful elsewhere

b. it was thought to be more effective than piecemeal projects

c. it ensured that funding would be directed to those who were most in need

d. it targeted the most vulnerable members of society

e. it combated the tendency for funding allocation to be politically motivated

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According to the capabilities approach, development should be measured by an individual's ability to ________.

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a. purchase basic necessities

b. make choices that allow them to live their lives in ways they value

c. purchase a home

d. participate in the political system

e. pursue their economic self-interest

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Agricultural intensification increases overall crop output by ________.

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a. increasing inputs of labour, capital, knowledge and technology.

b. focusing on a limited number of commodities

c. better managing property rights

d. expanding the areas cultivated

e. better utilizing labour resources

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33. Option d as per the OECD data from 2005 it has shown an increasing trend
36. Option d because developing countries were protecting their own countries industries in order to make it able to compete with foreign firms
40. Option d
43. Option b. Capability approach was first articulated by Amartya Sen, an Indian economist, according to him it is defined as choice of focus upon the moral significance of individual capability of achieving the kind of lives they have reason to value.
44. Option a. Intensification occurs when total volume of agricultural production increases by increasing inputs