International Trade and Development Quiz

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

• Direct Investment

• Portfolio Investment

• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

• Sovereign Wealth Fund

Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small businesses that are worker owned.

The only international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations is:

• United Nations

• World Trade Organization

• International Monetary Fund

• World Bank

To compete internationally, this approach argues, a country must find out what it can offer the world and capitalize on that good or service.

Economic policies imposed on LDCs required for them to get or pay back a loan from the World Bank are known as?

• Structural Adjustment Policies

• Economic Stimulus Policies

• Fiscal Responsibility Policies

• Monetary Expansion Policies

Way to develop that focuses on a country being able to provide for its own.

An indicator constructed by the U.N. to measure the extent of each country's gender inequality.

• Human Development Index (HDI)

• Gender Inequality Index (GII)

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

• World Happiness Report

The gross value of the product minus the costs of raw materials and energy.

• Value Added

• GNI per capita

• Primary Sector

• Fair Trade

Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making.

• Structural Adjustment Program

• GEM (Gender Empowerment Measure)

• GII (Gender Inequality Index)

• HDI (Human Development Index)

The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities

• Literacy Rate

• Primary Sector

• Secondary Sector

• Tertiary Sector