Q.

Countries that depend mainly on the export of primary products for their income, are prone to -

A. inflation
B. economic instability
C. increasing unemployment
D. stable economic growth
Answer» C. increasing unemployment
Explanation: Most of the world's poorest countries depend for increasing export earnings on agricultural products that are vulnerable to fluctuating or declining terms of trade. Disadvantageous terms of technology transfer, protectionism, and decline in financial flows compound the already existing poverty and lack of work. Being labour-intensive, such sectors are prone to various types of unemployment. Developing countries that rely on the export of primary products were hit particularly hard by falling commodity prices between 1980 and 1984.
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