Background; Assignment Questions

1.Highlight ten problems that are faced by the agricultural sector in developing countries

2.Explain five policy measures that could be adopted to minimize the problem of rising external debt in developing countries

3.Summarize five challenges that hinder successful achievement of national development targets set by developing countries

4.Highlight five strategies that could be implemented by government in developing countries to spur growth in the industrial sector

5.State seven economic goals of developing countries

6.Discuss five policy measures that developing countries could adapt to reduce regional imbalances

7.Outline five cases of high levels of external debts in developing countries

8.Summarize six policies that could be adopted to combat the high levels of external debts in developing countries

9.Enumerate five changes in the tax policies that could be implemented to spur growth in developing countries

10 0utline eight factors that could hinder economic development in developing countries

ASSIGNMENT 2

1.Explain four factors that limit the effectiveness of the multiplier in developing countries

2.Justify the need to estimate the national income in a country

3.Outline six challenges encounted by economic planners when estimating the national income in a developing country

4.Describe four policy measures that developing countries could adopt to reduce regional imbalances

5.Differentiate between nominal national output and 'real national output' figures in an economy

6.Define the term multiplier

7.Distinguish between transfer payments and transfer earnings

8.Distinguish between gross national product at market price and net national product at factor cost

9.Highlight the factors that contribute to low economic growth rates in developing countries

10.What are the main problems associated with national income accounting in developing countries