What does the Lorenz Curve show?

How well income is distributed in a society

Where did the poorest people live in British cities?

On the Eastern edges which were furthest from London

How can the environment be used as a measure of development?

Environmental degradation is often localised in poor areas

What makes GDP a reliable way of comparing quality of life?

All countries measure it in the same way

What does GII measure?

Reproductive health, empowerment, labour mkt participation

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1
What does egalitarian mean?
Deviant
Agricultural
Legal
Fair
2
Which of these is a measure of quality of life?
TNC
GDP
HIPC
CPI
3
Which of these countries has the highest HDI?
Chile
Malaysia
Philippines
Iran
4
What does the Lorenz Curve show?
How much money there is in a society
Income and wealth
Comparative equality
How well income is distributed in a society
5
Which of these as the most gender inequality?
Niger and Malaysia
Yemen and Qatar
Qatar and Saudi Arabia
Niger and Yemen
6
Which of these scores demonstrates high inequality, when using the Gini Coefficient?
0.81
0.7
0.3
0.6
7
Which of these is a measure of particulates in the atmosphere
DP11
PPM
AM05
PM10
8
Where did the poorest people live in British cities?
On the Eastern edges which were furthest from London
On the Eastern edges, where housing was smallest
On the Eastern edges, where they were given houses
On the Eastern edges which receive prevailing winds
9
Why is religion and respect for tradition a poor measure of development?
It is hard to measure
Religion leads to development
Some traditions are extremely valuable
It is not available in all societies
10
What does HDI measure?
GNI, mortality rate, literacy
Life expectancy, literacy, GDP
GDP, infant mortality, university attendance
Life expectancy, CPI, IGO
11
Which of these is a composite indicator of development?
HDI
GDP
TNC
GNI
12
How can the environment be used as a measure of development?
The worst pollution is always in the poorest places
Environmental degradation is often localised in poor areas
Poorer people live in the worst places
You can count how much deforestation there is
13
How many countries have a per capita income of less than $20,000?
90
160
130
110
14
Which of these countries is most likely to believe that equality of opportunity is important?
China
Bolivia
Canada
France
15
Which of these countries does not have increasing inequality?
Japan
Brazil
The United States
The United Kingdom
16
What makes GDP a reliable way of comparing quality of life?
It presents an accurate picture of most people
It changes very gradually
All countries measure it in the same way
It is always very precise
17
What is happening to global inequality?
It is falling, gradually
It is rising, rapidly
It is falling, rapidly
It is rising, gradually
18
What does GII measure?
Employment, empowerment, labour mkt participation
Labour mkt participation, voting, sexual health
Discrimination, childbearing, labour mkt participation
Reproductive health, empowerment, labour mkt participation
19
Which country has seen the greatest increase in income inequality?
Sweden
China
South Africa
UK
20
What proportion of income growth was experienced in South Korea between 1990 and 2014?
112%
189%
98%
46%

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