South Asia Beyond India: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan.

Question 1 of 5 What share of Bangladesh's merchandise exports come from ready-made garments?

About a tenth About a third Around four-fifths All of them

The industry employs around 4 million workers, most of them women.

Question 2 of 5 What did research find about garment jobs and girls in Bangladesh?

Girls left school earlier Girls stayed in school longer and married later There was no effect Girls stopped working

Families saw value in education for better factory jobs.

Question 3 of 5 Which organisation, founded in 1972, became one of the world's largest NGOs?

BRAC The IMF SAARC OPEC

BRAC runs schools, health programmes, microfinance and more.

Question 4 of 5 What pattern has Pakistan's economy repeatedly followed?

Steady growth with no crises Growth spurts followed by balance-of-payments crises and IMF programmes Constant deflation Export surpluses every year

Low tax revenue and weak exports are among the deep causes.

Question 5 of 5 What is Bhutan's most important industry?

Oil Car manufacturing Hydropower, mostly sold to India Banking

India financed and helped build major Bhutanese hydropower projects.

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