Development Flashcards
Name two things associated with a good infrastructure
Transport and Utilities
Name two examples of public services
Health, Education
What does a high life expectancy involve?
Low birth rate, low death rate
What is associated with a high GDP/head?
Well developed trade, big businesses
What are things which are associated with a good quality of life?
High employment, good quality of housing
,high income,low Gini index (small wealth gap)
What is associated with poverty?
Crime,poor housing,high Gini index (large wealth gap),
What is associated with high unemployment?
Primary sector jobs, low pay
What is associated with Low GDP/head?
Poor trade, debt
Name a few things associated with a LEDC
Few public services, poor water supply, unstable government
What does GDP stand for and what does it mean?
Gross Domestic Product (per head): the total income of a country divided by population
What is the newest method to discover how developed a country is?
HDI
What does HDI stand for?
Human Development Index
At the moment who has the highest and lowest HDI?
Norway,South Sudan
What is the HDI based upon?
A mathematical formula involving:
GDI (measure of wealth)
Number if Education years (schools+jobs)
Life expectancy (age and food,clean water etc.)
What does GDI stand for? What does it mean?
Gross Domestic Income: a measure of wealth of the people
What happens as a country developed?
Birth rate decreases steadily
Morality decreases quickly at first, then slower
Provision of doctors increase
Define the Geography of Development
The study of the quality of life and the standard of living of the human population and the way they change over time
What stops a county’s ability to grow?
The population growing to quickly
In what continent are fertility rates very high?
Africa
What are children seen as in Africa? And why?
Asset, as they can work and bring in money
What are the four different sections in the box analogy of human development ?
Aspiring to buy: Pair of shoes
Bike, Car , Holiday (aeroplane)
In 1906 how was the development on a development table spread out?
2 billion aspired to buy a pair of shoes
1 billion (west) aspired to buy a car
(Massive gap)
What was the total population in 2010?
7 billion
What was the spread of development in a development table in 2010?
2 billion aspired to buy shoes
3 billion aspired to buy a bike
1 billion aspired to buy a car
1 billion (west) aspired to go on a holiday
Why is having a bike so important?
Carry things to market and earn money to buy other things
Fetch+carry water longer distances, this is often children’s work so they don’t go to school
What was the spread of development in a development table in 2050 if the birth rate falls as infant mortality falls?
No one would aspire to buy shoes
4 billion would aspire to buy a bike
3 billion would aspire to buy a car
2 billion (inc. west) spire to go on holiday abroad
What would the population be in 2050 is the birth rate falls as infant mortality falls?
9 billion
What was the spread of development in a development table in 2050 if the birth rate doesn’t fall as infant mortality stays high?
2 billion would aspire to buy shoes
4 billion would aspire to buy a bike
3 billion would aspire to buy a car
2 billion (inc. west) would aspire to go on holiday
What would the population be in 2050 if the birth rate doesn’t fall as infant mortality stays high?
11 billion
Who created the development table?
Hans Rosling
