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Kbt511;International Trade Question Paper

Kbt511;International Trade

Course:Master Of Science

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2011/2012
INSTITUTE OF OPEN, DISTANCE AND E-LEARNING
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
KBT 511: INTERNATIONAL TRADE

DATE: Sunday 18th December, 2011
TIME: 9.00 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer question ONE and THREE others.
1.
a)
Discuss the incentives that governments could give to promote economic growth.

[3 marks]

b)
Explain at least five determinants of trade.

[5 marks]

c)
Discuss the concept ‘absolute poverty’.

[6 marks]

d)
Expound on five criticisms against the Common Agricultural Policy.

[5 marks]

e)
Discuss the effects of tariffs on a country’s development.
[6 marks]
2.
i)
Explain how the Malthusian theory on population can be countered by
technological advancement.

[5 marks]
ii)
Discuss the classical theory of population growth by relating it to the food
shortage in the Horn of Africa.

[10 marks]
3.
Discuss trade using graphical illustrations to explain how trade barriers in trade work.

[15 marks]
4.
‘Africa would be better off if she produced her own cars, and computers’. Discuss.

[15 marks]
5.
Discuss the assumptions of mainstream trade theories in respect to economic conditions
in developing countries.

[15 marks]

6.
‘To manage faster economic growth rate, we must increase growth rate of capital or
labour per hour. Governments can formulate some supportive policies to archive this’.
Examine five such policies, giving a concrete example where the government of Kenya
has taken corresponding action.

[15 marks]
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