Answer to Question #284839 in Economics for Disha

Question

Indicate whether the given statement is true(T) or false(F).

15.In general, the amount of Average Poverty Gap is bigger than the amount of Average Income Shortfall. 

 

16. Multidimensional Poverty Index(MPI) is computed as the sum of the incidence of multidimensional poverty and its average intensity. 

 

17. Multidimensional Poverty Index treats nutrition and drinking water with 

equal weight

 

18. The closer is Normalized Poverty Gap to 1.0, the less severe is the poverty problem.  

 

19. Case studies and cross-country comparisons of data show that rapid economic growth often bypasses and marginalizes the poor such that it is not compatible with reductions in poverty.

 

20. Actual international comparison data shows that the range of GDI is greater than that of GII. 

 

Answer 1

15.True

16.True

17.False

18.True

19.False

20.False