APHUG: Rubenstein Ch. 10 Development

Rapid increase in value of houses followed by sharp decline in their value:

Value of total output of goods/services produced in a country in a given time period (1 year):

Examples of this include agriculture, mining, fishing & forestry:

Number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-19:

Amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods & services in another country:

Quantity of something that producers have available for sale:

Number of women who die giving birth per 100,000 births:

Percentage of a country's population who can read and write:

Generally speaking, low supply and high demand result in:

Portion of economy concerned with direct extraction of resources from Earth:

Adjusts income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods:

The best example of an LDC is:

Portion of economy; manufacturing products by processing, changing & assembling raw materials:

Development of core regions at the expense of peripheral regions:

"Affluent" means:

An American company owning an all-inclusive resort in Cancun, Mexico, is an example of:

Value of output of goods/services produced in country in a year; includes $ that leaves/enters

How much & how fast workers can produce:

HDI measures:

GDP stands for:

FDI stands for:

LDCs are:

Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country:

Set of international development goals that all member states in the UN agree to achieve:

Process of improvement in material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge & tech

Created by the UN:

HDI stands for:

Measures development of countries; based upon income, literacy, education, life expectancy

Provision of small loans to individuals & small businesses in developing regions:

The quantity of a good or service that consumers (buyers) are willing and able to buy:

True or False: Everyone agrees that GDP is the best way to measure a country's development.

High supply & low demand result in:

The best example of a developed country is:

A measure of the extent of each country's gender inequality:

Alternative to international trade; promotes worker-run businesses, fair wages, unions & safety

MDC stands for:

Percentage of women holding paid, full-time jobs outside the home:

Factories are generally considered to be a part of which sector of the economy?

Average amount of money each person makes in a country:

LDC is synonymous to:

Any transnational corporation could exemplify:

The gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials & energy:

Sector of the economy concerned with processing, transforming & assembling raw materials: