Principles of Microeconomics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
Principles of Microeconomics, Student Value Edition Plus MyLab Economics with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (12th Edition)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134421315
Author: Karl E. Case, Ray C. Fair, Sharon E. Oster
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 21, Problem 1.1P
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Whether as extreme poverty declines, growth by itself tends to be less successful at lifting additional people out of poverty.

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The assessment seems to be accurate because this is what seems to be happening in the developing and underdeveloped countries in the world. The underdeveloped as well as the developing countries that are commonly known as the third-world countries are trying to increase economic growth and poverty. They do this through diverting more and more economic resources of the economy toward the alleviation of the poverty and the acceleration of the economic growth.

The idea was very successful in its initial stages, but after a certain level, the additional impact by the economic resources to reduce poverty and increase economic growth started to decline. This is because the impact was not equal to the initial stage impacts. This means that the opportunity cost of the additional resources used for this purpose started to decline in the period. Thus, the assessment seems to be correct.

Economics Concept Introduction

Poverty: Poverty is the lack of a certain minimum amount of money that is required to live a healthy life by an individual.

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