A. The international Monetary Fund and the World Bank
B. The World Trade Organization and the World Bank
C. The International Monetary Fund and the World Health Organization
D. The United Nations and the World Trade Organization
Poverty in Pakistan
The standard food intake for an adult male is………….?
A. 1000-1500 calories
B. 1500-2000
C. 2000-2500
D. None of these
According to World Bank in 2030 larger proportion of poor will be living in………….?
A. Asia
B. Africa
C. South America
D. None of these
Middle classes tend to be the main beneficiaries of social benefits and service aimed at poor This is called as…………?
A. Class factor
B. Mathew effect
C. Cultural Cause
D. None of these
The absolute poverty line is drawn to show………….?
A. the most extreme level of poverty that is found in a society
B. the estimated minimum level of income needed for subsistence
C. households that are poor relative to the norms and values of their culture
D. the areas of a city in which poverty is concentrated
The functionalist theory of inequality suggests that………….?
A. high rewards and incentives ensure that the most skilled individuals will take the most important social positions
B. inequality is inevitable, and we are born into poverty or wealth
C. there are no social functions of inequality, so it should be eradicated
D. the idea of a meritocracy is a dangerous ideology
The term feminization of poverty refers to………….?
A. the critical deconstruction of poverty by feminist theorists
B. women’s increased chances of being in poverty due to low pay and greater welfare dependency
C. the way in which managing a budget and avoiding poverty tends to be a women’s responsibility within the home
D. the disproportionate number of female sociologists who do research on poverty
Median earnings are a better benchmark for poverty than mean earnings because………….?
A. the mean is distorted by a few people at the very top of the distribution
B. they lead more people to be defined as in poverty
C. the median is a more accurate measurement of earning than the mean
D. all of the above
Global economic inequality refers primarily to………….?
A. systematic differences in wealth and income between global firms
B. systematic differences in wealth and income between countries
C. systematic differences in wealth and income within countries
D. systematic differences in wealth and income between poorer countries