The Gender Inequality Index (GII)

question 78

Multiple Choice

The Gender Inequality Index (GII)

• A) compares the level of development of women in a country to the average development level of women in the world.
• B) compares the levels of indicators for females to those of males within a country.
• C) is composed of the same measures as the HDI but is applied only to women instead of the entire population.
• D) combines economic and political indicators of empowerment.
• E) cannot be used as an indicator of development in the United States.

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