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How good is your knowledge about international development and the world we live in? One of the answers is correct, three are completely false with totally invented numbers. Let’s put you to the test and see how you do (answers are at the very bottom of the page).

  1. What percentage of the world’s 3.3 billion females lives in high income countries?
    1. 5%
    2. 15%
    3. 25%
    4. 45%
  2. Worldwide, what percentage of microcredit clients is female?
    1. 27%
    2. 47%
    3. 67%
    4. 87%
  3. Roughly how many microfinance clients are there around the world?
    1. 100 million
    2. 160 million
    3. 200 million
    4. 260 million
  4. Roughly how many of the world’s poor remain underserved by microfinancial institutions?
    1. 60%
    2. 70%
    3. 80%
    4. 90%
  5. How much do people who don’t have a lot of money really care about savings? How many micro- or “accessible” savings accounts are there worldwide (ones with low average balances and low costs)?
    1. 1.4 million
    2. 10.7 million
    3. 200.6 million
    4. 1.3 billion
  6. What percentage of global exports is done by the world’s 48 poorest countries?
    1. 0.4%
    2. 4.0%
    3. 14.4%
    4. 24.2%
  7. Which country has the highest maternal death rate in the world?
    1. Canada
    2. Bangladesh
    3. Sierra Leon
    4. Yemen
  8. What is the rate and how much worse is it than the rate for the average high income country?
    1. 100 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; 54 times worse.
    2. 2,100 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; 263 times worse.
    3. 700 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; 91 times worse.
    4. 15,000 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; 973 times worse.
  9. For every woman who dies from pregnancy related causes, how many survive but suffer serious illness?
    1. 1
    2. 5
    3. 9
    4. 20
  10. Which country has the highest lifetime risk of maternal death?
    1. Uruguay: 1 in 5,000
    2. The Philippines: 1 in 2,000
    3. Niger: 1 in 7
    4. Trinidad and Tobago: 1 in 3
  11. What percentage of births in low income countries is attended by skilled health personnel?
    1. 32%
    2. 42%
    3. 52%
    4. 62%
  12. What percentage of neonatal (newborn) deaths occurs in the developing world?
    1. 40%
    2. 65%
    3. 84%
    4. 98%
  13. Each year how many children under the age of 5 will die in low income countries?
    1. 1.5 million
    2. 8.5 million
    3. 12.5 million
    4. 20.5 million
  14. Worldwide, how many children of primary school age do not attend school?
    1. 500,000
    2. 5 million
    3. 65 million
    4. 101 million
  15. How many females are married before adulthood (under the age of 18)?
    1. 12%
    2. 21%
    3. 36%
    4. 48%
  16.  How many hospital beds are available on average in low income countries per 10,000 people?
    1. 1
    2. 10
    3. 100
    4. 1,000
  17. How many children around the world have no access to health services?
    1. 150 million (about 1 in 12)
    2. 270 million (about 1 in 7)
    3. 350 million (about 1 in 3)
    4. 470 million (about 1 in 2)
  18. Around the world, the number one cause of death among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) is…?
    1. HIV/AIDS
    2. Malaria
    3. Cancer
    4. Accidents
  19. Since 1950, global life expectancy for women has increased by…?
    1. 5 years
    2. 10 years
    3. 15 years
    4. 20 years
  20. On a global level, what has been the change in the number of children per woman since 1970?
    1. From 6.1 to 4.2
    2. From 4.3 to 2.6
    3. From 5.4 to 3.5
    4. From 7.0 to 2.4
  21. How many women die each year due to breathing in by products of solid fuels burned while cooking?
    1. 114,000
    2. 362,000
    3. 641,000
    4. 988,000
  22. How many women die each year due to complications from unsafe abortions?
    1. 10,000
    2. 25,000
    3. 55,000
    4. 70,000
  23. What percentage of cervical cancer cases occurs in low-income countries?
    1. 35%
    2. 55%
    3. 68%
    4. 80%
  24. What percentage of women in developing countries who have experienced a major episode of depression receives treatment?
    1. 14%
    2. 24%
    3. 34%
    4. 44%
  25. What percentage of healthcare is estimated to be provided in the home?
    1. 45%
    2. 73%
    3. 80%
    4. 92%

 

 

Answers:

  1. B. 15%
  2. C. 67%
  3. B. 160 million
  4. D. 90%
  5. D. 1.3 billion
  6. A. 0.4%
  7. C. Sierra Leon
  8. B. 2,100 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births; 263 times worse than a “developed country”
  9. D. 20
  10. C. Niger: 1 in 7
  11. A. 32%
  12. D. 98%
  13. B. 8.5 million
  14. D. 101 million
  15. C. 36%
  16. B. 10
  17. B. 270 million (about 1 in 7)
  18. A. HIV/AIDS
  19. D. 20 years
  20. B. From 4.3 to 2.6
  21. C. 641,000
  22. D. 70,000
  23. D. 80%
  24. A. 14%
  25. C. 80%

Answers come from the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the Microcredit Summit Campaign, and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor.