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C10 Development
Development
Term | Definition |
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Adolescent fertility rate | The number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-17. |
Developed country | A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development. |
Developing country | A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of Economic Development. |
Development | A process of improved conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology. |
Fair Trade | An alternative to international trade that provides greater equity to workers small businesses, and consumers, focusing primarily on products exported from developing countries. |
Female labor-force participation rate. | The percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside the home. |
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) | Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country. |
Gender-related Development Index (GDI) | Measures gender gap in levels of income, education, and life expectancy. |
Gender inequality index | A measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality. |
Gross domestic product (GDP) | The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a year (not accounting for money that leaves and enters the country) |
Gross national income (GNI) | The value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that leaves and enters the country. |
Human development index (HDI) | An indicator of the level of development for each country, constructed by the United Nations, that is based on income, literally, education, and life expectancy. |
Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI) | Modification of the HDI to account for inequality within a country. |
Literacy rate | The percentage of a country's people who can read and write. |
Maternal Mortality Rate | The number of women who died giving birth per 100,000 births. |
Microfinance | Provision of small loans and financial services to individuals and small businesses in developing countries. |
Sustainable Development Goals | 17 goals established by UN countries to reduce the disparity between countries. |
Primary sector | The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface, generally through agriculture, although sometimes by mining, fishing, and Forestry. |
Productivity | The value of a particular product compared to the amount of Labor needed to make it. |
Pupil/teacher ratio | number of students divided by the number of teachers. |
Purchasing power parity (PPP) | The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country; figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods. |
Secondary sector | The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials. |
Structural Adjustment Program | Economic policies imposed on less developed countries by international agencies to create conditions that encourage international trade. |
Tertiary sector | The portion of the economy concerned with Transportation, Communications, utilities, sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services to people, in exchange for payment. |
Value Added | The gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials and energy (profit) |
Austerity Program | Set of political-economic policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both. |
Stimulus Strategy | governments should spend more money than they collect and stimulate the economy by putting people to work building infrastructure |