Gender and Development

Who identified women’s role in economic development for the first time?

• Simon de

• Maria Mies

• Ester Boserup

• Peggy Antrobus

Which one of the following is not part of development?

• Economic growth

• Subsistence agriculture

• The reduction of poverty

• Improving levels of literacy

Which one of the following is an example of social development?

• People becoming more outgoing and sociable

• Growing consumption of American and European consumer goods

• Rising numbers of doctors and hospitals

• Better equipped and trained armies

The world’s richer countries are generally referred to as which one of the following?

• Third world

• Global south

• First world

• None of these

Which of the following is not a Millennium Development Goal?

• Develop a global partnership for development

• Environmental sustainability

• Ensure equal political participation of women

• Improve maternal health

Beijing+10 Review meeting was held in

• New York

• Beijing

• Mexico

• Cairo

Which one of the following is also known as ‘Africa plus’?

• The world’s poorest 20 countries

• The small number of countries apart from Africa facing a lack of development

• The three billion poorest people in the world

• The bottom billion

Which one of the following theories of development argues the only route to development is for developing countries to follow the example of the USA and other developed countries?

• Dependency theory

• Dominant development theory

• Modernization theory

• World systems theory

Which one of the following is the best known dependency theorist?

• Walt Whitman Rostow

• Alexander Nobel

• Andre Gunder Frank

• Charles Cooley

With which one of the following theories are the ‘five stages of economic growth’ associated?

• Classical Marxism

• McDonaldization

• World systems theory

• Modernization theory