Development Flashcards
Highly developed country?
Advanced medical care High GDP per capita Good procedures during natural disasters Good infrastructure High life expectancy High standard of living
GDP?
Gross Domestic Product - This is the total value of all goods and services that is produced in a country in a year. GDP per capita is the average when you divide the GDP with the population number.
GNP Per Capita (different to GDP)
Gross National Product per capita is the value of a country’s final product of goods and services in a year, divided by the population
GDP Per Capita
Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all goods and services that is produced in a country in a year. GDP per capita is the average when you divide the GDP with the population number.
Access to electricity %
The percentage of people in a country who have access to electricity
Literacy Rate
The rate or percentage of people who are able to read is a useful indicator of the state of education within a country.
Life expectancy
Average age expected for a citizen to live for
Avg years of education
The average number of years that children stay in school
Infant mortality rate
The number of infants dying before reaching one year of age per 1,000 live births per year.
Access to clean water %
The percentage of the population that has access to clean water
HDI
Human Development Index
Life expectancy, education, income per capita
On a scale from 0 to 1
Inequalities in development between and within countries?
Desert: Droughts, lack of rainfall which impacts agriculture
Landlocked countries: don’t have access to oceans and therefore the trade routes these provide
Slave trade: reduces population and workforce
Corruption (bribery): reduces development by restricting economic growth and activity
Natural disasters: damage buildings, infrastructure and creates cost for repair
Mountains: relief (the shape of the land) of the land makes it hard to build and have agriculture.
Drilling: Supply of valuable natural resources such as minerals, oils, etc.
Conflict: people migrate
Primary sector?
Extracting raw material (e.g mining, oil, minerals) - low income country/lowly developed country
Secondary sector?
Processing the raw materials (e.g oil refinery, separating crude oil, textile industry - making fabrics) - middle income country/developing country
Tertiary sector?
Serving/selling the products (e.g restaurants, clothes restaurants, supermarkets) could also be hotels, schools (they provide a service) - middle income country/developing country
