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1. Development Flashcards

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What is development?

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When someone/community reach an acceptable way of living. It can be looked at by the standard of living and quality of life

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What is the standard of living?

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  • It is the monetary value of living
  • It is factual, objective and quantitative
  • eg the amount if money on average a person living in a country has
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What is the quality of life?

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  • It is about the general welfare of people
  • It is an opinion, it is subjective and it is qualitative
  • eg. the access to healthcare and education
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What is HDI?

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  • It is the human development index
  • It is a measure of development which consists of GNI/capita, year in education and life expectancy
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What are the 4 different ways development is measured?

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  • Social
  • Economic
  • Environmental
  • Political
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What is an example of social development?

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The number of children in education
Or the number of people who have access to healthcare

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What is an example of economic development?

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The amount of money one makes per year

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What is an example of environmental development?

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The amount of waste a country puts into landfill per year

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What is an example of political development?

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The relationship between other countries

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What is GNI?

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It is a measure of economic activity within a country. It is the amount of money in a country divided by the number of people in that country

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What big company uses GNI as a measure of development?

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The World Bank

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What are the advantages of GNI?

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  • It is all measured in USD $ meaning is is easy ti compare
  • Itindicates what a country can and cannot do financially
  • It shows if a country needs and help from other countries
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What are the disadvantages of GNI?

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  • Unequal distribution, all the wealthy people could be located in one area and the poorer people in another
  • It only looks at one aspect of development
  • It can be manipulated by the governemnt
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What are the advantages of HDI?

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  • It uses economic and social measures of development
  • It provides a more holistic view of the level of development within a country
  • It shows the quality if life as well as the standard of living
  • It cannot be manipulated by the government
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What is the continuum of development?

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Development is never ending, this is because the world is changing so when a country has ‘reached’ its acceptable way of living the acceptable way of living can change in the next few years

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Name 4 HIC’s

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USA
UK
Germany
Japan

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Name 4 NIC’s

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China
Brazil
India
Singapore

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Name 4 LIC’s

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Nepal
Haiti
Burkinfaso
Burundi

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What are the 7 main causes of development?

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  1. Location eg landlocked
  2. Climate eg, draughts
  3. Natural hazards eg earthquakes
  4. Access the education and healthcare eg primary sector jobs, disease spreading
  5. Gender inequality eg women not being able to work
  6. War eg damages infrastructure
  7. Politics
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How does economy affect Nepal’s development?

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  • HDI is 0.6
  • GNI is $1230
    -12th poorest economy in the world
  • 2.4 people live in extreme poverty
    population of 30 million
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How does Nepals location affect its development?

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  • It is landlocked between Tibet, China and India
  • Mountains/hills cover 75% of the land
    80% of the population live in rural areas
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How does Nepal’s climate affect its development?

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  • high humidity and temperature
  • prone to draughts
  • Monsoon season
  • climate change, river forming from melted snow
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How does natural hazards affect Nepal’ development?

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  • Landslides and droughts
  • 2015 earthquake over 3000 people died
  • They are often unpredictable
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How does the access to healthcare and education affect Nepal’s development?

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56.6% literacy rate
Free healthcare available however it us mainly located un the capital city

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How does gender inequality affect Nepal’s rate of development?

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  • Women are forced to marry young
  • Men are often expected to be educated and make money women care fir children and work in fields at home
  • Only 25% of women enrol in higher education
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How do war and politics affect Nepal’s development?

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  • There was a civil war 1996-2006
  • Led to damage to country and setback in development

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