Developments Flashcards
What is development
Measure of how wealthy a country
What are indicators of development
Different ways of showing how developed a country is
examples of indicators of development
Number of people who own a motor car
Number of people per doctor
Adult literacy rate and average number of years of schooling
What can taxes do to help develop a country
Taxes can be used to:
pay for schools for education so the workforce can make money
pay for healthcare as the workforce can’t work or function if you are not healthy
Pay for transport so people can travel and not have to pay for expensive Vehicles
How does the government collect population data
Census - is a survey which is carried out every 10 years
each household is asked how many people live in the house, their ages, gender, employment, home and what language they speak
Why does the government collect population data
How many people, how old they are, what they work as
This helps the government to plan health and education services and future house needs