Dynamic Development Key Words Flashcards
What is life expectancy ?
The average age someone will live to in a country
How is life expectancy an indicator of how wealth a country is ?
In a richer country AC people will life longer because the health care is better and they enjoy a better quality of life
What is adult literacy ?
The percentage of adults who can read and write in a country
What is the name of the development indicator which shows how much money is made by a country through trade of goods and services it is measured in US$
GNI
What does LIDC stand for and give an example of a country
Low income developing country. Democratic republic of Congo
What does AC stand for
Advanced country
What does per capita mean
Per head of population
What is the name of the development index that measures wealth, education and the life expectancy of a country ?
Human development index
What is a Transnational company
A company that operates all over the world
What is the name given to development projects that are funded and carried out by governments or large multinational agencies ?
Top down development
What is birth rate ?
Number of live babies born per 1000 if the population per year
What is the name of goods that we get from the ground or sea ?
Primary
What are secondary goods
Manufactured goods
What are millennial goals
Eight goals set by richer nations to cut world poverty in half
What is the name given to the five stage model showing how a country’ s development changes over time ?
Rostow’s model of economic development
