Develpoment Flashcards
What is development
Development is the process of change and growth in a place; it should be for the better
It often refers to an increase in wealth for a country and its citizens but it’s also associated with improving people’s quality of life or standard living. Measuring it may include looking at health, education, cultural and political freedom as well as health
Social indicators of development
Birthrate
Death rate
life expectancy
Literacy rate
Infant mortality rate
Calories per person per day
People per doctors
Economic indicators of development
Gross national product
GNP per capita
Trade welfare
energy consumption
Employment structure
Birth rate
The number of births per year 1000 people
Death rate
The number of deaths per year per 1000 people
Gross national product
The total of all money produced per year by a country’s workers
Life expectancy
The average number of year a person can expect to live
GNP per capita
The GNP shared out equally among the people of a country
Infant mortality rate
The number of children per year out of every 1000 born alive that die before they reach the age of one
Trade balance
The volume , value and type of imports and exports
Literacy rate
The number of adults who can read and write in very 100 people
Energy consumption
The amount of energy which each person in the country uses per year
People per doctor
The number of patients divided by the number of doctors
Calories per person per day
The number kilocalories each person in the country takes in each day
Employment structure
The percentage of people in the country employed in primary occupations
