Development Flashcards
What is development?
The use of resources to improve the standard of living and quality of life
What is the definition for standard of living?
The level of wealth and resources/facilities available to people.
What is the definition for quality of life?
The general well-being of a person or society defined in terms of health and happiness.
What does LIC stand for?
Low Income Country
What does GNI stand for?
Gross National Income
What does NEE stand for?
Newly Emerging Economy
What does HIC stand for?
High Income Country
In a HIC, would there be water and electricity?
Yes
In a LIC, would there be government help for those at the lower end of the wealth spectrum?
No
What is the definition of life expectancy?
The average age people of a given population are likely to live to.
What is the definition of birth rate?
The number of people who are born per 1,000 people
What is the definition of death rate?
The number of people who die per 1,000 people
What is the definition of % of adult literacy?
The % of people who can read and write within a population
What is the definition of infant mortality rate?
The number of children who die under the age of two per 1,000 births.
What is the definition of population growth?
Whether family trends show lots of children per family or few/none children per family.
What is the definition of population per doctor?
The number of doctors divided by the number of people in the population.
What is the definition of % in agriculture?
The% of people who work in farming therefore primary industry.
What is the definition of HDI?
Measures the relative social and economic progress of a country.
What is the definition of development indicator?
A piece of data that helps to show how developed a country is
What is the definition of reclaimed land?
Developing the limited area of usable, natural land by adding material such as rocks, soil and cement to an area of water to create new land.
What is the definition of absolute poverty?
Where people are so poor that they cannot meet basic needs such as food
What is the definition of relative poverty?
Where people are poor compared to the average in their society but have enough to live on
