Author Question: The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) that measures the quantity and quality of foreign aid ... (Read 49 times)

Lisaclaire · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) that measures the quantity and quality of foreign aid provided to poor countries ranked the United States low on providing direct foreign aid, but this result may be misleading because __________.

a. the index relies on questionable indicators of development such as the extent to which a country has incorporated technology in its business enterprises
b. the index judges development primarily on how well a country can provide military security for its population
c. the index ignores important factors such as the degree to which rich-country trade policies encourage poor-country imports and the degree to which rich countries are open to migrants from poor countries
d. the index relies on qualitative judgments to produce quantitative data, includes possibly inessential components, and may be based on a false premise

Question 2

Much of how the Supreme Court operates is done through a set of clearly understood, but unwritten, set of rules known as norms.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false