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What are the economic agents that can be involved in economic transactions?

Individuals, businesses, organizations, or governments can be economic agents involved in economic transactions.

What are the main factors that are involved in a given economy's set of processes?

Culture, values, education, technological evolution, history, social organization, political structure, legal systems, and natural resources are the main factors involved in a given economy's set of processes.

What spurs economic activity according to the text?

Economic activity is spurred by production, which uses natural resources, labor, and capital.

What are the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with in an economy's social domain?

<p>The practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the production, use, and management of scarce resources are emphasized in an economy's social domain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the changes that have impacted economic activity over time according to the text?

<p>Technology, innovation (new products, services, processes, expanding markets, diversification of markets, niche markets, increases revenue functions), and changes in industrial relations, notably the replacement of child labor in some parts of the world with universal access to education, have impacted economic activity over time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between absolute poverty and relative poverty?

<p>Absolute poverty compares income against the amount needed to meet basic personal needs, while relative poverty measures a person's living standards compared to others in the same time and place.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the world's population live on less than $1.90 per day, according to the World Bank Group in 2020?

<p>10%</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common outcome for the poorest citizens of middle-income countries despite economic development?

<p>They frequently do not gain an adequate share of their countries' increased wealth to leave poverty.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What have governments and non-governmental organizations experimented with for poverty alleviation?

<p>Electrification in rural areas and housing first policies in urban areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of the poor live in conflict-affected countries, according to the World Bank Group in 2020?

<p>More than 40%</p> Signup and view all the answers

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