Component 1 - EQ1- What Is The Scale Of Global Inequality And How Can It Be Reduced? Flashcards
2.1 Measuring development
Describe GDP
GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product and it the total value of goods produced by a country. It is measured in PPP which shows what it will buy in each country. It is an economic way of measuring development.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe the GDP
The poverty line is used to measure the amount of people in poverty who live on below minimum income that someone needs to survive, the word bank uses $1.25. This is an economic way of measuring development.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe the literacy rate.
The literacy rate is the percentage of people over 15 that can read and write. It is a social way of measuring development.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe the corruption perceptions index.
The corruption perceptions index is measured in a scale from 1 to 10 on how well the country spends their money. It is a political way of measuring development.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe access to safe drinking water
It is the percentage of people that have access to safe drinking water. It is a social way of measuring the development of a country.
2.1 Measuring development
What is meant when a country is labelled “developing”?
It is a country with low human development.
2.1 Measuring development
What is meant when a country is labelled “emerging”?
It is a country with a high or medium human development.
2.1 Measuring development
What is meant when a country is labelled “developed”?
It is a country with very high human development.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe Fertility Rate.
It is the average number of births per women. Tend to fall as a county develops.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe Birth rate
It is the number of live births per 1000 people per year. Increases as country develops .
2.1 Measuring development
Describe Death Rate
It is the number of deaths per 1000 people. Tends to decrease as a country develops.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe population structures
It is the age of the population and how many people are that age.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe maternal mortality
It is the number of people who die during child birth per 100,000. Tends to decrease as a country develops.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe the dependency ratio
It is the proportion of people aged 0-14 and over 65 added together and divided by the number of 15-64 year olds and multiplied by 100.
2.1 Measuring development
Describe Infant Mortality
It is the number of children per 1000 births that die before they are 2. Tends to decrease as a country develops.
