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(7 marks)

a) Given the expected population changes, do you think China or India will have the greater economic growth rate? Why?

b) Would China's growth rate remain at 9 percent a year without restriction on its population growth rate? Why

c) India's population growth rate is 1.6 percent a year, and in 2005 its economic growth rate was 8 percent a year. China's population growth rate is 0.6 percent a year, and in 2005 its economics growth rate was 9 percent a year. In what year will real GDP per person double in each country?