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Adolesent fertility rate   The number of births per 1,000 women aged 15-19  
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Developed country   A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development  
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Developing country   A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development  
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Development   A process of improvement in material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology  
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Fair trade   An 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 w/ minimum environmental and safety standards  
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Female labor force participation rate   The percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside of home  
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)   Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another county  
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Gender Inequality Index (GII)   An indicator constructed by the UN to measure the extent of each country's gender inequality  
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP)   The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, not accounting for money that leaves and enters the country  
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Gross National Income (GNI)   The value of the output of goods and services produced in a year, including money that leaves and enters the country  
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Human Development Index (HDI)   The UN's indicator of the level of development for a country, which is a combination of income, education, and life expectancy  
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Inequality-adjusted HDI (IHDI)   An indicator of the level of development for a country that identifies the HDI to account for inequality  
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Literacy Rate   The percentage of a country's people who can read and write  
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Microfinance   Provision of small loans and financial services to individuals and small businesses in developing countries.  
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Primary Sector    
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  The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from earth's surface, generally through agriculture, although sometimes by mining, fishing, and forestry  
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Productivity   The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it  
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Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)   The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another country; PPP adjusts income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods  
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Secondary Sector   The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials  
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Value Added   The gross value of a product minus the costs of raw materials and energy  
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Srructural Adjustment Program   Economic policies imposed on less developed countries by international agencies to create conditions encouraging international trade  
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Tertiary Sector   The portion of the economy with the transportation, communications, and utilities extended to the provision of all goods and services to people in exchange for payment  
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