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Q.Explain any four features of an underdeveloped economy.

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Underdeveloped economies typically share a common set of structural features. Four of the most important are:

  1. Low per capita income and mass poverty — average income is low and a large share of the population lives below the poverty line.
  2. Excessive dependence on agriculture — a disproportionately large share of the workforce is engaged in low-productivity agriculture relative to its contribution to national income.
  3. Low rate of capital formation — low incomes lead to low savings, which limits investment and keeps the economy trapped at a low level of output (the "low-level equilibrium trap").
  4. Rapid population growth — a high birth rate alongside a falling death rate leads to fast population growth, diluting the benefits of whatever growth is achieved. …

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