Composite Appraisal of Women Development in Selected Thirty-six Countries with Special Focus on Pakistan: Applying Grey Incidence Analysis Model

  • Tehmina Fiaz Qazi Hailey College of Banking and Finance, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Abdul Basit Lahore Institute of Science & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Waheed Asghar Director in Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority, Government of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan,
  • Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi Institute of Business & Management, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
Keywords: Countries, grey incidence analysis model, GRA, women development and Pakistan. Introduction

Abstract

Aim of the study is to appraise women development in selected thirty-six countries with special reference to Pakistan. The design of the study comprises of survey of literature, data elicitation and analysis. The study uses grey incidence analysis model (usually known as Grey Relational Analysis or simply GRA). The model has been applied on the secondary data extracted from the website of World Development Indicators (WDI). The countries included in the analysis have been selected on the basis of availability of data. From the result of GRA it can be learnt that thirty-six countries of the world are classified into seven different categories. There are five countries (namely Estonia, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Thailand and Ecuador) categorized as countries having exceptionally high women development, whereas, five countries under each next ensign (very high, high, moderate, low and very low). There are six countries (namely Tanzania, Madagascar, Cote d'Ivoire, Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan) categorized under the ensign of exceptionally low. Pakistan fall under the ensign of exceptionally low. This study is designed on an original country level data extracted from very reliable source and the results of the study are useful for regulators, researchers, NGOs and other stakeholders of the phenomenon by way of providing deeper and new information.

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2020-12-31
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Tehmina Fiaz Qazi, Abdul Basit, Waheed Asghar, & Abdul Aziz Khan Niazi. (2020). Composite Appraisal of Women Development in Selected Thirty-six Countries with Special Focus on Pakistan: Applying Grey Incidence Analysis Model. Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 6(4), 1227-1236. https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v6i4.1406