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📝 Third World poverty and the Brandt Report (1980)

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Q1. Who chaired the 1980 international report on global poverty?

🔹 A. Edward Heath

🔹 B. Willi Brandt

🔹 C. Margaret Thatcher

🔹 D. Nelson Mandela

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. What primary factor explains why the North's GNP per capita was far higher than the South's in the early 1990s?

🔹 A. Higher agricultural output

🔹 B. Greater industrialization and technology

🔹 C. Larger land area

🔹 D. More natural resources

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: B

Q3. Why did the Brandt Report conclude that the North was getting richer while the South was getting poorer, despite some South countries showing economic growth?

🔹 A. Population growth outpaced income growth in the South

🔹 B. Exchange rate fluctuations

🔹 C. Decrease in agricultural productivity worldwide

🔹 D. Increase in foreign aid

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: A

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