Chapter 9 Key Issues 3 And 4 Flashcards
What is the gender related development index?
It compares the level of women’s development with that of both genders
Gender inequality exists in ______
Every country of the world
What is the gender empowerment measure?
Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making.
What is the economic indicator of gender differences?
Per capita female income as a percentage of per capita make income
What are the social indicators of gender differences?
Number of females enrolled in school compared to number of males
Percent of literate females compared to percent of literate males
What is the demographic indicator of gender differences?
Life expectancy of females compared to makes.
How is the GDI of a country penalized by gender differences?
It is penalized if it has a large disparity between the well being of men and women.
What is GEM?
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.
Fewer women than men hold positions of economic and political power in _____.
Every country of the world
What are economic indicators of empowerment?
Per capita female income as a percent of per capita make income
Percentage of professional and technical jobs held by women
What are political indicators of empowerment?
Percentage of administrative jobs held by women
Percentage of members in national parliament who are women
Every country has a lower _____ than GDI.
GEM
What two obstacles do LDCs face in trying to encourage more rapid development?
Adopting policies that successfully promote development
Finding funds to pay for development
According to the self-sufficiency approach, a country should spread investment as ____ as possible across ___ sectors of its economy and in ____ regions.
Equally
All
All
How does self sufficiency help fledgling businesses?
It isolates them from competition with large international corporations by setting barriers that limit the import of goods from other places.
