Author Question: Explain why the education of girls is probably the most cost-effective development investment. Be ... (Read 106 times)

AEWBW · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

Explain why the education of girls is probably the most cost-effective development investment. Be sure to include in your answer some discussion of at least two of the following: absolute poverty, health and development, fertility, and agriculture.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Under normal circumstances, the ratio of a country's export prices to its import prices should

a. increase as trade increases
b. decrease as trade increases
c. fluctuate as trade increases
d. remain constant as trade increases
e. none of the above

nathang24 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 30, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Female education leads not just to better employment opportunities but also to a better distribution of benefits within a family. It leads to improved child health, reduced fertility, and it improves agricultural productivity as women do most of the work in this sector.

Answer to Question 2

A