Development Vocab 1 Flashcards
The number of births per 1,000
women ages 15 to 19
Adolescent Fertility Rate
A process of improvement in the
conditions of people through
diffusion of knowledge and
technology
Development
An alternative to international trade
that provides greater equity to
workers, small businesses, and
consumers, focusing primarily on
products exported from developing
countries to developed countries.
Fair Trade
Investment made by a foreign
company in the economy of another
country.
Foreign Direct Investment
An indicator constructed by the U.N.
to measure the gender gap in the
level of achievement in terms of
income, education and life
expectancy.
Gender-related Development Index
An indicator constructed by the U.N.
to measure the extent of each
country’s gender inequality in terms
of reproductive health,
empowerment, and the labor
market.
Gender Inequality Index
The value of the output of goods and
services produced in a country in a
year, including money that leaves
and enters the country
Gross National Income
An indicator constructed by the U.N.
to measure the level of development
for a country through a combination
of income, education and life
expectancy
Human Development Index
A modification of the HDI to account
for inequality.
Inequality-adjusted Human
Development Index
The percentage of a country’s people
who can read and write.
Literacy Rate
The number of women who die
giving birth per 100,000 births.
Maternal Mortality Rat
Provision of small loans and financial
services to individuals and small
business in developing countries
Microfinance
Eight goals adopted by the U.N. in
2002 to reduce disparities between
developed and developing countries
by 2015.
Millennium Development Goals
The portion of the economy
concerned with the direct extraction
of materials from Earth, generally
through agriculture
Primary sector
The amount of money needed in one
country to purchase the same goods
and services in another country
Purchasing power parity
