...as the HDI. The difference is that the GDI adjusts the average achievement of each country in life expectancy, educational attainment and income in accordance...the disparity in achievement between women and men. Like the HDI, the values for GDI range between 0 and 1 with 1 indicating the highest attainable levels...

...development index”, or GDI. This measure “adjusts the average achievement of each country in life expectancy, educational attainment and income in accordance...disparity in achievement between women and men” (UNDP 1997, 123). When this adjustment is undertaken, we find that Ireland falls twelve places and...

..."gender-related development index", or GDI. This measure "adjusts the average achievement of each country in life expectancy, educational attainment and income in accordance...the disparity in achievement between women and men" (UNDP 1997, 123). When this adjustment is undertaken, we find that Ireland falls twelve places and...

...as the HDI. The difference is that the GD! adjusts the average achievement of each country in life expectancy, educational attainment and income in accordance...the disparity in achievement between women and men. The other measure, gender empowerment index, looks at the relative empowerment of women and men in...

...variables as the Human Development Index (HDI) but adjusts the average achievement of each country in life expectancy, educational attainment, and income in...the disparity in achievement between women and men. Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM): The GEM index indicates whether women are able to actively participate...

...population defined as dependent — those under fifteen and over sixty-four years old — to the working-age population. UNDP. Human Development Report 2000. Gender-related...indices for economic Empowerment participation and decision making, for political Measure participation and decision making, and for power over economic...