Industrial and Economic Development
What does a low Gini coefficient indicate about economic inequality within a nation?
A large gap between rural and urban incomes.
High income disparity among citizens.
Low income disparity among citizens.
A significant percentage of population below poverty line.
Which measure of development would be the most pertinent for a country with high adult literacy but low overall economic productivity?
Literacy Rate
Gross Domestic Product per capita
Life Expectancy at Birth
Human Development Index
Which cultural practice is most likely to influence urban development by dictating specific land uses within a city?
Culinary traditions influencing the variety of restaurants.
Language policies affecting signage and advertisements.
Religious zoning requirements that necessitate places of worship.
Clothing styles impacting retail districts' composition.
Which of the following is a significant limitation of using Gross National Income (GNI) per capita as an indicator of development?
It excludes the value of goods and services produced locally.
It overestimates the economic performance in countries with large populations.
It does not account for income distribution inequalities within a country.
It fails to measure the environmental sustainability of a nation.
What is a primary purpose of the Human Development Index (HDI)?
To measure the overall achievements in key aspects of human development
To count global population growth rate
To calculate average life expectancy worldwide
To determine the GDP per capita for each country
Which of these is not a statistic that is combined to create the HDI of a given country?
Education
Income
Race
Health
How might traditional gender roles impact measures of economic development in a society?
By increasing household incomes through diverse employment opportunities for all genders.
By promoting entrepreneurship equally among men and women leading to economic growth.
By limiting women's participation in the formal economy thereby affecting metrics like GDP per capita.
By reducing income inequality due to equitable distribution of work across genders.

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Which of the following is NOT a social measure of development?
GNP per capita
Total Fertility Rate
Access to Health Care
Infant Mortality Rate
How does Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contribute to assessing a country's development?
It counts amount of arable land.
It determines political stability.
It calculates total population size.
It quantifies the economic output within a nation's borders.
In which country did increased investment in education lead to a higher Literacy Rate contributing positively towards their Human Development Index(HDI)?
Yemen
India
Somalia
Afghanistan