The governments of low-income countries often permit foreign multinational companies (MNCs) to extract minerals within their borders. Which trade-off between benefit and cost could this create for the low-income countries?
- Abenefit: improved balance of trade; cost: training by the MNCs
- Bbenefit: higher employment; cost: loss of a finite resource
- Cbenefit: increased profits for the MNCs; cost: efficient production
- Dbenefit: more sustainable development; cost: economic growth