Development Flashcards

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What is development?

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Improving peoples lives and allowing individuals and society to progress across a wide range of areas

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What is an economic indicator of development? And examples

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Gives insight into wealth and jobs.
GDP per capita, percentage of the population employed in agriculture

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What is social indicators of development and examples of it?

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Insight into peoples quality of life.
Average age of mother at first birth, percentage of population with access to drinking water, adult literacy rate

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What is. A technological indicator or develop, ent and examples

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Access to new technology.
Number of mobile phone super 100 people, percentage of the country with electricity access

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What are composite indicators of development and examples?

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Combined data from 2 or more indicators into a single statistic.
World happiness index, Human development rate

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Why are some countries more developed than others?

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Landlocked, corrupt leaders, education, natural disasters

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What is the development gap?

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The difference in levels of development between more economically developed countries and less economically developed countries

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Strategies to bridge the development gaps

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Let poor countries develop themselves, Aid, charity, foreign direct investment,

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Percentage change

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New value - old value
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Old value

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10
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Last question

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Bi lateral aid

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