Ch.9 Dvelopment

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Across
  1. 1. Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country
  2. 3. Compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making
  3. 6. A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development
  4. 8. The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials
  5. 11. Compares the level of development of women with that of both sexes
  6. 13. The value of a particular product compared to the amount if labor needed to make it
  7. 15. The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period
  8. 16. Economic policies imposed on less developed countries by international agencies to create conditions encouraging international trade, such as raising taxes, reducing government spending, controlling inflation, selling publicly owned utilities to private corporations and charging citizens more for services
  9. 17. Alternative to international trade that emphasizes small businesses and worker-owned and democratically run cooperatives and requires employers to pay workers fair wages, permit union organizing, and comply with minimum environmental and safety standards
  10. 18. The gross value of the product minus the costs of raw materials and energy
Down
  1. 2. A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology
  2. 4. Eight international development goals that all members of the United Nations have agreed to achieve by 2015
  3. 5. A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development
  4. 7. A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located
  5. 9. The portions if the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth's surface, generally through agriculture, although sometimes by mining, fishing, and forestry
  6. 10. The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications , and utilities, sometimes extended to the provision of all goods and services to people, in exchange for payment
  7. 12. Indicator of level of development for each country, constructed by the United Nations, combining income, literacy, education,and life expectancy
  8. 14. The percentage of a country's people who can read and write