To restructure a developing world country's debt, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) typically wants "structural adjustment" in that country. What does this term mean?
A) completely exchanging the domestic currency for U.S. dollars, Euros, or Japanese Yen
B) a renewed focus on agriculture and limiting the size of cities
C) increases in government spending on health care, education, and care for the elderly
D) reductions in government subsidies to the poor and devaluations of currencies
E) mandating the total turnover of domestic banking to banks in the developed world, which often means a complete loss of savings for citizens of that country
D
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A) rainfall intensity. B) raindrop size. C) raindrop and snowflake motion. D) raindrop motion. E) cloud droplet numbers.
Who are the Garifuna?
A) freed slaves who emigrated from the Caribbean to the United States B) African slaves who were repatriated to Africa after their servitude was over C) maroons who escaped into the interior of Surinam and Guyana D) the union between Africans and Carib Indians on the island of St. Vincent who were forcibly transported to the Caribbean coast of Central America E) people of direct African descent who have rarely intermarried outside of their tight kinship network
Aspect readings can range from:
A. 0 to 100 degrees B. 0 to 360 degrees C. 0 to 90 degrees D. 0 to 180 degrees
Evaluate this statement: Hydrothermal metamorphism can occur near spreading ridges (divergent plate boundaries)
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.