Change in economic world Flashcards
what are the BRICS countries?
Brazil
Russia
India
China
South africa
what are the MINT countries?
Mexico
Indonesia
Nigeria
Turkey
what are the BRICS and MINT countries?
countries the have a very fast growing economy attracting inverstors
what three measurments are combined to get HDI?
literacy rate
GDP
life expectancy
why might a country have low or high birthrates?
if a country has low birth rates it means children are economic burdens
if a country has a high birth rates it means children are economic assets
-the number of birthrates could depend on access to contracpetives
-education for women
-likelyhood of the child dying (having more children more likely some will live)
why might low or high death rates?
-amount of access they have to good medical care like vaccines and medicine
-education on bacteria, viruses and diet
-acces to basic needs
give an example of somewhere in each stage of the demographic transition model
stage 1: amazon tribe
stage 2 : afghanistan
stage 3: nigeria
stage 4: china
stage 5: japan