Development Dynamics

Question 1

What are development indicators? Give examples.

Answer 1

The UN uses development indicators to measure how a country is improving. These include economic indicators, such as GDP or PPP; and social indicators, such as literacy rate and access to safe drinking water.

Question 2

What is demographic data?

Answer 2

All data linked to population, such as birth rate and death rate.

Question 3

Give examples of demographic indicators.

Answer 3

Birth rate, death rate, dependency ratio, fertility rate, infant mortality, life expectancy, and maternal mortality.

Question 4

What is maternal mortality?

Answer 4

The number of mothers who die whilst giving birth.

Question 5

What are the five stages of Rostow’s Theory?

Answer 5

1. Traditional society
2. Pre-conditions for take off
3. Take off
4. Drive to maturity
5. Age of high mass consumption

Question 6

What is globalisation?

Answer 6

Globalisation is the ways in which countries become increasingly connected to each other.

Question 7

What is an emerging country?

Answer 7

A country with high to medium human development, and recent economic growth.