IGCSE Development Studies: Specimen Questions with Answers 79 - 81 of 98

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The Millennium Development Goals showed uneven progress. While in some countries MDGs showed progress in the health sector in others it did not. This is a proof of its failure that the goals were not experienced equally across the globe.

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Importance of Girl՚s Education Are

• Increase in political process: Educated women are more likely to participate in political discussion, meetings, and decision making, which in turn promotes more representative, effective government.
• Decrease infant mortality rate: Children of educated women are less likely to die before their first birthday. Primary education itself helps to reduce the rate of infant mortality, and secondary education helps even more.
• Decrease population explosion: Educated women tend to have fewer and healthier babies.
• Future educated generations: If present generation women are educated then their future generation will also be educated.
• Girls education increases productivity and earnings.

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