WAEC (WASSCE) Economics · Development and the international economy

Economic development and planning: WAEC Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Economic development and planning

Our summary: Growth versus development, the problems of developing countries and how development plans work.

  • Meaning of economic development
  • Distinction between economic growth and development
  • Characteristics and problems of developing countries
  • Elements of development planning (objectives of planning, and problems of planning)
  • Types of plans (short term, medium term, perspective or long term, rolling plan etc.)

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WAEC (WASSCE) Economics questions on Economic development and planning

  1. WAEC 2024An increase in a country's production capacity usually leads to economic
  2. WAEC 2024One indicator of the low level of cap ital formation in developing countries is
  3. WAEC 2023A country is described as developing if
  4. WAEC 2022Political instability hinders economic growth because it
  5. WAEC 2022Development planning focuses mainly on
  6. WAEC 2020Expenditure on food takes a large proportion of the incomes of people in
  7. WAEC 2020A country should embark on development planning to ensure that
  8. WAEC 2019Human development can be improved if
  9. WAEC 2019In most underdeveloped countries, development plans do not achieve their objective due to
  10. WAEC 2019In most developing countries, a large percentage of the labour force is engaged in
  11. WAEC 2018which of the following activities will not lead to economic growth?
  12. WAEC 2018the poorer the country, the larger the percentage of labour force engaged in?
  13. WAEC 2017which of the following is not a feature of economic underdevelopment
  14. WAEC 2017one way of speeding up the economic development of a country is by encouraging
  15. WAEC 2016Which is following is a cause of under-development in West Africa
  16. WAEC 2016Which of the following is not a major problem of development
  17. WAEC 2016Which of the following best explains why more foreign investments are not attracted to West Africa
  18. WAEC 2015An outward shift of the production possibility curve shows that?
  19. WAEC 2015A concious effort of government to achieve a specific set of goals is?
  20. WAEC 2015In developing countries, a larger percentage of the labour force is employed in the
  21. WAEC 2015which of the following is not an objective of economic planning

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