Development Flashcards
What are the 5 types of development and strands classed in that type
Environment - environmental change , sustainability , conservation
Demographic (to do with population numbers ) - life expectancy , mobility , birth and death rates , personal wealth
Social - social justice , equal opportunities , quality of life , satisfaction
Cultural - education , culture , identity
Political - freedom of speech , democratic government
What boosts development
External boosters - globalisations , geopolitics ( good relationships with other countries ) , tncs and international agencies,
Resources - natural resources , technology , enterprise , innovation , labour
Internal boosters - business culture , national ambition , government intervention
What are outcomes of development
Sectoral shifts , higher productivity , special inequalities ( disparities ) , social change , greater mobility , rising living standards , better quality of life , environmental impacts , more democracy
What is the HDI
Hunan development index - a way to measure development by life expectancy + literacy rate +enrolment rate + gdp per capita
What is PPP
Purchasing power parity , compares the amount money can buy in different countries
Gdp
Gross domestic product, the total value of goods and services produced by country
Gdp per capita
GDP per person, worked out the total GDP divided by the population of the area
GN I
Gross national income, the total value of the countries economic production plus income earned from investments abroad. Often given as GNI per capita-total GNI divided by total population
Percent of primary sector jobs
Percent of people employed in manual labour jobs e.g. farming/mining
Percent of secondary sector jobs
Percent of people employed in manufacturing jobs e.g. working in a factory
Percent of tertiary sector jobs
Percent of people employed in service industries e.g. teachers/lawyers
Percent of quaternary sector jobs
Percent of people employed in industries which provides specialist information and expertise e.g. scientific research plants
Birth rate
Number of births per thousand per year- shows birth control low birth rate shows good demographic development. High birth rate shows lack of education. LIC’s have lots of children because only a few will live until adult hood and more children equals more help but HIcs children are more expensive and are had later
Death rate
Number of deaths per thousand per year - shows crime rate , health services , disease control , across to clean water
Infant mortality rate
Number of children under 1 who die
Diet
Amount and kind of food consumed by a person . Lots of food = people can afford to eat properly good diet shows well developed
Pqli
Physical quality of life index-a way to measure development which includes three indicators literacy and infant mortality and life expectancy
What does employment sector percent tell us about development
How many people have important jobs, more important jobs show more development
What does energy consumption tell us
Developed countries use more energy for manufacturing, transport telecommunications et cetera
What Is development
Development means change and it implies that change is for the better . It usually means ecenomic change which improves people’s standard of living
What is a development gap
The widening gap in the level of development between the worlds richest and poorest , it can also occur within a country (region)
How are development patterns changing
HICS - sustained development - not changing
Lics - some stagnant held back by disease or natural disaster
Mics - strong development changing the patten (BRICS)
Lics- some development changing pattern (Namibia)
What is the Brandt line and what does it show
Shows a wealthy north possessing 80% of global wealth and a poor south with just 20% of global wealth even though it contains two thirds of world population
What is a development gap
The widening difference in levels of development between the worlds richest and poorest countries it can also occur within countries (regional)
Medcs
Most economically developed countries such as UK USA
Cpes
Centrally planned ecenomic are socialist counties like North Korea , high living standards but low freedom of alle