Which of the following statements supports the claim that the gap betw

QUESTION

Which of the following statements supports the claim that the gap between the rich and poor nations of the world has gotten wider because of globalization?

A. There are many countries that suffer from totalitarian governments.

B. A quarter of the countries with a GDP per capita of less than $1,000 in 1960 had growth rates of less than zero from 1960 to 1995.

C. There is a rapidly growing population in many developing nations.

D. Unelected bureaucrats limit a nation’s ability to control its own destiny.

E. Endemic corruption has long been a problem in the national governments of developing nations.

ANSWER

B
While recent history has shown that some of the world’s poorer nations are capable of rapid periods of economic growth—witness the transformation that has occurred in some Southeast Asian nations such as South Korea, Thailand, and Malaysia—there appear to be strong forces for stagnation among the world’s poorest nations. Critics argue that if globalization is such a positive development, the divergence between the rich and poor should not have occurred.