Free account: track your progress — Sign up free

WAEC Economics 2011 Theory — Question 12

Question 12 of 25 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Economics 2011 Theory paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

Advertisement

5(b) Explain any four advantages of international trade.

Model answer

Advantages of international trade include: (i) increase in the world's total output as a result of specialization, (ii) efficient allocation of world resources, (iii) efficiency in production because of specialization and competition, (iv) improved standard of living as a result of access to varieties of goods, (v) it enhances co-operation among countries (any four).

Advertisement

Sign up free to unlock

  • Score tracking
  • Practice history
  • Saved questions
  • Progress dashboard
  • Personalized sessions
  • Weak-topic breakdown

…and/or go further with premium services and No Ads.