Editing Economic development (section)

=== Gender Empowerment Measure ===
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The Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) focuses on aggregating various indicators that focus on capturing the economic, political, and professional gains made by women. The GEM is composed of just three variables: income earning power, share in professional and managerial jobs, and share of parliamentary seats.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Human development report 1995|last=United Nations Development Programme|date=1995|publisher=Oxford University Press for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)|isbn=978-0-19-510023-5|location=New York|language=en|oclc=33420816|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/humandevelopment0000unse_v6k4}}</ref>

==== Gender Development Index ====
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The Gender Development Index (GDI) measures the gender gap in human development achievements. It takes the disparity between men and women into account through three variables, health, knowledge, and living standards.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/gender-development-index-gdi|title=Gender Development Index (GDI) {{!}} Human Development Reports|website=hdr.undp.org|access-date=2019-12-19|last1=Nations |first1=United }}</ref>