2022 WASSCE Economics Questions for Candidates

2022 WASSCE Economics Questions for Candidates: The 2022 Economics Questions cover examinable areas for this year’s WASSCE for School Candidates. Candidates are challenged to attempt all the questions provided here. Note that there are likely examination questions and not leaked questions.

2022 WASSCE Economics Questions for Candidates

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2: a) What is meant by the following:
i) Economic growth
ii) Economic development
b) Describe any four ways by which economic growth of a country can be promoted

3: a) Describe the vicious circle of poverty

b) How does rapid population growth make it difficult to break the vicious circle poverty?

4: a) Distinguish between normal profit and pure (abnormal) profit.
b) What role does pure profit play in attaining long run equilibrium in perfect competition?

5: a) Define income elasticity of demand and show how it is measured.
b) Explain the use of the concept of income elasticity of demand to the following.
i) Trader
ii) government

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Question 6: 2022 WASSCE Economics Questions for Candidates

6: a) Distinguish between economies of scale and diseconomies of scale

b) Explain how economies of scale and diseconomies of scale determine the shape of the long-run average cost curve.

6: a) What is economic growth?
b) Explain any four sources of economic growth.

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2022 WASSCE Economics Questions for Candidates

7: a) The World Bank (IBRD) was established by the UN to provide loans for post-war reconstruction and to promote development of the less development countries. The Bank’s main function is to aid the financing of basic development project by providing long-term loans from its own resources or guaranteeing private loans.

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on the other hand, was also set up the UN for the purpose of eliminating exchange restriction, encouraging for exchange rate stability and providing for world wide convertibility of currencies through short-term loans in order to promote multilateral trade.
If labour is a major input in the production of rice, what will be the effects on the following if the wage rate is doubled;
a) labour
b) supply of rice
c) price of rice
d) price of a close substitute for rice.

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