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What is the gender related development index?

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It compares the level of women’s development with that of both genders

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Gender inequality exists in ______

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Every country of the world

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What is the gender empowerment measure?

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Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making.

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What is the economic indicator of gender differences?

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Per capita female income as a percentage of per capita make income

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What are the social indicators of gender differences?

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Number of females enrolled in school compared to number of males
Percent of literate females compared to percent of literate males

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What is the demographic indicator of gender differences?

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Life expectancy of females compared to makes.

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How is the GDI of a country penalized by gender differences?

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It is penalized if it has a large disparity between the well being of men and women.

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What is GEM?

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Gender empowerment measure- measures the ability of women to participate in the process of achieving improvements in their status; by achieving economic and political power.

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Fewer women than men hold positions of economic and political power in _____.

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Every country of the world

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What are economic indicators of empowerment?

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Per capita female income as a percent of per capita make income
Percentage of professional and technical jobs held by women

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What are political indicators of empowerment?

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Percentage of administrative jobs held by women

Percentage of members in national parliament who are women

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Every country has a lower _____ than GDI.

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GEM

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What two obstacles do LDCs face in trying to encourage more rapid development?

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Adopting policies that successfully promote development

Finding funds to pay for development

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According to the self-sufficiency approach, a country should spread investment as ____ as possible across ___ sectors of its economy and in ____ regions.

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Equally
All
All

14
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How does self sufficiency help fledgling businesses?

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It isolates them from competition with large international corporations by setting barriers that limit the import of goods from other places.

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What are the two main problems with the self sufficiency alternative?

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Protection of inefficient businesses

Need for large bureaucracy