The economic activity of lesser developed countries (LDCs) is often concentrated in
a. agricultural industries and extraction processes for raw materials.
b. service industries such as call centers and tourism.
c. light manufacturing such as textiles factories.
d. heavy manufacturing such as automobile plants.
e. high-tech manufacturing such as production of computer chips or petro-chemicals.
A
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