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Why is increasing the empowerment of women considered a major goal?
What is a key benefit associated with improvements in women's education?
Which organization developed the Gender Development Index (GDI) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM)?
What do the GDI and GEM primarily focus on?
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Why are meaningful indicators necessary in measuring women's empowerment?
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What are some dimensions of empowerment mentioned in the text?
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What aspects are included in the Gender Inequality Index (GII)?
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Which of the following is NOT accounted for in the GII?
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What is a limitation of the indices discussed regarding national-level computation?
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What does the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI) highlight?
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Which aspect is particularly problematic for assessing women within lower economic strata?
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What is a key limitation of using widely available variables in the indices?
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What dimensions of empowerment are compared by Ewerling et al. in 3 African countries?
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Why was the Female Empowerment Index (FEMI) developed?
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What did Ewerling et al. use to compare data in 3 African countries?
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Which dimension of empowerment is NOT included in the Female Empowerment Index (FEMI)?
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What important aspect of empowerment does FEMI compute sub-national variation in?
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Apart from adding new domains of empowerment, what does the FEMI address?
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