The vicious circle of poverty refers to the fact that in LDCs,

a. low living standards lead to declines in population growth
b. consumption goods are preferred to capital goods
c. people are poor because land is scarce
d. there are too many older people
e. poverty leads to low investment in capital goods


E

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