These questions are based on the table below presenting data on percentage population covered by drinking water and sanitation facilities in selected Asian countries.
Country A is said to dominate B or A > B if A has higher percentage in total coverage for both drinking water and sanitation facilities, and, B is said to be dominated by A, or B < A. A country is said to be on the coverage frontier if no other country dominates it. Similarly, a country is not on the coverage frontier if it is dominated by at least one other country.Â
Bangladesh has the highest percentage in drinking water facilities. Let us see which countries it dominates. This is possible if it has greater sanitation facilities also as compared to the other country.
Bangladesh has better sanitation facilities than India, China, Pakistan and Nepal. So those Bangladesh dominates those four countries and they are not on the coverage frontier.
Similarly, Philippines has the highest percentage of sanitation facilities. Let us see which countries it dominates. This is possible if it has greater drinking water coverage also.
Philippines has greater drinking water coverage than all countries except Bangladesh. Hence, it dominates all the countries except Bangladesh. So, no other country is on the coverage frontier.
Hence, the only countries on the coverage frontier are Bangladesh and Philippines.
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