Key Issue 9-1

2. an adjustment made to the GNI to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods
7. includes manufacturers that process, transform, and assemble raw materials into useful products
9. the group that created the HDI
10. percentage of a country's people who can read and write
12. value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it
13. region where most HDIs are in the medium developing category

1. involves the provision of goods and services to people in exchange for payment, such as retailing, banking, law, education, and government
3. includes activities that directly extract materials from Earth through agriculture and sometimes by mining, fishing, and forestry
4. the gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials and energy
5. created to measure the level of development of every country
6. continent where a majority of the countries are very highly developed
7. region where most HDIs are in the low developing category
8. the value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that leaves and enters the country
11. the value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year