Development

Question 1

What is development?

Answer 1

The promotion of economic growth to bring about increased material standard of living

Question 2

What does HDI stands for?

Answer 2

Human Development Indicator

Question 3

What is HDI?

Answer 3

A composite stadistic including life expectancy at birth, mean years of schooling and GNP

Question 4

GDP

Answer 4

The monetary value of all goods and services over time

Question 5

GNP

Answer 5

GDP plus income and expenditure from foreign countries

Question 6

Life expectancy

Answer 6

The average number of years a person in a country can expect to live

Question 7

Birth rate

Answer 7

The number of live births per thousand of population per year

Question 8

Death rate

Answer 8

The number of deaths per thousand of population

Question 9

Adult literacy rate

Answer 9

The percentage of people aged over 15 who can read and write

Question 10

Number of Doctors per 1000 people

Answer 10

The number of people per each doctor in a country

Question 11

Percentage in primary education

Answer 11

The percentage of children who attend full time primary education

Question 12

What are development indicators

Answer 12

Usually a numerical measure of quality of life in a country

Question 13

Why is life expectancy lower in LEDC’s?

Answer 13

Less healthcare
Poor quality diet
Vaccination
Harder working/living conditions

Question 14

Why is birth rate higher in LEDC’s

Answer 14

Less women rights
Less preservatives
Families need more working children

Question 15

Why is adult literacy rate lower in LEDC’s?

Answer 15

Less public education
No compulsary education
Child labour

Question 16

Name the three steps of development in a country

Answer 16

LEDC, NIC, MEDC

Question 17

How does natural hazards influence poverty?

Answer 17

Destroy homes
Destroy jobs
Less resilient and cant afford to recover

Question 18

How does connectivity influence poverty?

Answer 18

Easier trade
Easier movement of labour
Spreads technology

Question 19

How does climate (agricultural poverty) influences poverty?

Answer 19

Droughts, unpredictable rainfall
Crops cannot be grown
Lack of water

Question 20

How does climate (diseases) influences poverty?

Answer 20

Tropical de
Diseases thrive
Less vaccinations

Question 21

How does weak institutions influences poverty?

Answer 21

Corruption
Dictatorships
Economic leakage

Question 22

How does historical factors influences poverty?

Answer 22

Unstable governments left

Tribal and cultural tensions

Question 23

How does location influences poverty?

Answer 23

Landlocked-> difficult trade

Rely in neighbouring countries

Question 24

How does trade influences poverty?

Answer 24

Rich countries create:
Tariffs: taxes
Subsidies: investing in your markets
UNFAIR GLOBAL TRADING RULES

Question 25

How does natural resources influence poverty?

Answer 25

Are called intensifiers

Make poor countries poorer and rich countries poorer

Question 26

Development Gap

Answer 26

Widening difference in levels of development between countries. This can also occur within countries.

Question 27

Bilateral aid

Answer 27

Aid given from one country (donor) to another (recipient)

Question 28

Multilateral aid

Answer 28

When countries give aid to independent organisations who provide aid to other countries

Question 29

Voluntary aid

Answer 29

Money collected by charities

Question 30

Tied aid

Answer 30

When the donor puts a condition. E.g. Improve water supplies

Question 31

Emergency aid

Answer 31

Short term aid following a natural disaster

Question 32

Advantages of aid

Answer 32

It boosts a country to develop (if managed well)
Saves lives
Helps re-build infrastructure

Question 33

Disadvantages of aid

Answer 33

It can lead to corruption (government doesn’t sees the need to invest)
The recipient becomes dependent
The government looses power because of NGO’s taking control