Bolivia Measuring Development Ways Flashcards
What % are indigenous and what are mixed white and Amerindian
20%/68%
Indigenous have more what than who
More rights than TNCs
How does Morales demonstrate socialism
Exploits gas and mineral resources but shares wealth out
How has there been social improvements
500,000 out of poverty
However none of poorest of the poor in Latin America
What does exploiting reserves contradict
Law of Mother Earth: preventing water contamination and allowing regeneration
What will happen to the earth if th shale gas is exploited
242bn litres of water will be contaminated
2.8bn tonnes of CO2 released, not abiding by Mother Earth law
What % lack clean water and basic sanitation
20% clean water
40% basic sanitation
Economic ways of measurement
GDP - total goods and services value on a year
GDP per capita - mean wealth pp (hides poor/rich inequality)
GNI - total wealth including exports income
PPP - differences in countries’ costs of living
Happy Planet Index measures what
Life expectancy
Ecological footprint
Wellbeing
Limitation of HPI
Subjective data - e.g. experience wellbeing
