Use the following data to answer the next question:

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## GNI per capita at PPP $\%$ variation between $2010-2017$:

Bahamas$=8\mathrm{.}5\%$; Bulgaria$=45\mathrm{.}1\%$; Cote d'Ivoire$=49\mathrm{.}2\%$; Czech Republic$=39\mathrm{.}3\%$; Kosovo$=40\mathrm{.}4\%$; Morocco$=29\mathrm{.}5\%$; Nauru$=153\mathrm{.}1\%$; Solomon Islands$=61\mathrm{.}9\%$

## GDP Growth $\%(2009)$: Bahamas$=-4\mathrm{.}18$; Bulgaria$=-3\mathrm{.}59$; Cote d'Ivoire$=3\mathrm{.}25$; Czech Republic$=-4\mathrm{.}8$; Kosovo$=3\mathrm{.}34$; Morocco$=4\mathrm{.}24$; Nauru$=8\mathrm{.}66$; Solomon Islands$=-4\mathrm{.}74$

## GDP Growth $\%(2017)$: Bahamas$=1\mathrm{.}44$; Bulgaria$=3\mathrm{.}81$; Cote d'Ivoire$=7\mathrm{.}7$; Czech Republic$=4\mathrm{.}35$; Kosovo$=4\mathrm{.}23$; Morocco$=4\mathrm{.}09$; Nauru$=4\mathrm{.}15$; Solomon Islands$=3\mathrm{.}53$

## GNI at PPP $(2017)($Billions US$$)$: Bahamas$=11\mathrm{.}8$; Bulgaria$=150\mathrm{.}2$; Cote d'Ivoire$=92$; Czech Republic$=378$; Kosovo$=20\mathrm{.}2$; Morocco$=292$; Nauru$=0\mathrm{.}2$; Solomon Islands$=1\mathrm{.}4$

## GNI per capita at PPP $(2017)($US$$)$: Bahamas$=30920$; Bulgaria$=21220$; Cote d'Ivoire$=3760$; Czech Republic$=35680$; Kosovo$=11050$; Morocco$=8080$; Nauru$=19080$; Solomon Islands$=2170$

## UN's $2017$ HDI Index: Bahamas$=0\mathrm{.}807$; Bulgaria$=0\mathrm{.}813$; Cote d'Ivoire$=0\mathrm{.}492$; Czech Republic$=0\mathrm{.}888$; Kosovo$=0$; Morocco$=0\mathrm{.}667$; Nauru$=0$; Solomon Islands$=0\mathrm{.}546$

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You were hired many years ago by a multinational enterprise $($MNE$),$ a large manufacturer of infant diapers, to help them choose foreign countries to enter based on their potential market attractiveness. Back in early $2010,$ you helped them decide between two finalist target countries, using one criterion: if in the previous year the country's economy grew, the company selected it to enter, which happened to one of the two countries you looked at$.$ On the other hand, if the country went through a recession in the same year, they rejected it$,$ and that is what happened to the other country you analyzed at the time. According to the data provided, and assuming the listed variables is all the information you have, if the company had only these two options, chances are the company SELECTED $\_\_\_\_\_\_$ as a target market that year and that it REJECTED $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$:

Group of answer choices

Czech Republic; Cote d'Ivoire

Bahamas; Nauru

Bulgaria; Morocco

Kosovo; Solomon Islands