Chapter 2 - Development Dynamics

Question 1

GDP

Answer 1

The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year. Dividing GDP population gives GDP per person (per capita). GDP is now measure in PPP

Question 2

Purchasing power parity (PPP)

Answer 2

Shows what gdp will buy in a country. Lower income countries usually have low prices so $1 will buy more than in Uk

Question 3

Poverty line

Answer 3

Minimum income required to meet someone’s basic needs ($1.25 per person per day)

Question 4

Access to safe drinking water

Answer 4

Percentage of population within access to a improved piped water supply within 1km

Question 5

Literacy rate

Answer 5

Percentage of population aged 15 or over who can read + write

Question 6

HDI

Answer 6

Calculate average on life expectancy, education - literacy, education - average length of schooling hours, GDP per capita.
Number between 0 and 1 (higher the better)

Question 7

Corruption perception index

Answer 7

Uses a scale from 0-10 (0- corrupt, 10- honest) to rank how stable a government is

Question 8

Dependency ratio

Answer 8

Proportion of the people below (0-14) and above (over 65) the normal working age

Question 9

Maternal mortality

Answer 9

Number of mother’s per 100,00 who die in childbirth

Question 10

Fertility rate

Answer 10

Average number of births per woman

Question 11

Birth rate

Answer 11

Number of live births per 1000 per year

Question 12

Infant mortality

Answer 12

Number of children per 1000 who die before first birthday