7.4 Women And Economic Development 7.5 Trade And The World Economy Flashcards

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GEM

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A measurement of gender equality like the amount of women in national parliaments and making decisions for the clubtry

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Gender parity

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A way I’d documenting gender equality using measures such as education, incomes, and workforce participation

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Micro loan

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A small loan to people with little income I tended to establish small businesses

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How does women’s increased presence in the world force affect gender parity

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Though increased workforce participation, women still mostly work in the informal Ecwnomy, persistent wage gaps

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Mercantilism

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Strive to export more than import

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Protectionism

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Trade rules that returns imports to protect the economy

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Absolute advantage

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Country’s ability to produce a good or service better than another country

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Comparative advantage

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A country’s ability to produce a product better than other products in its economy

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Complementarity

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How well a country’s export profile matches another country’s import profile

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Transnational coloration

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Firm with power to control operations in more than one country even if it doesn’t own those operations

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Competitive advantage

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A firms relative ability to outperform other TNCs in its industry

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Neoliberalism

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A range of pro-market positions on the economy like reducing government owe worship and promoting privatization

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International Monetary Fund

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International organization that seeks to achieve financial stability and promote economic growth

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World bank

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A financial organization that provides funding to promote economic growth in LDC

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World trade organization

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Organization that regulates trade amongst many countries that negotiate trade agreements and resolving trade disputes

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Free trade agreement

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A treaty betweeen two or more countries that reduces remarries and promotes foreign investments

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Tariff

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Tax on imported goods and services

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Customs Union

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A free trade agreement among two or more member countries combined with a common external trade policy for nonmembers

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Mercosur

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The southern common market

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OPEC

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An international trade agreement designed to regulate the output of oul

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Debt crisis

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Governments debts exceed its tax revenues

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Import substitution industrialization

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An economic development polity that replaces imported goods with domestically produced goods as a way to reduce the dependence on other countries