Economic Deveopment

Question 1

What is a LIC?

Answer 1

Low income country - Roughly 30% of the worlds poorest countries where most people have a poor quality of life with inadequate services and few opportunities. Most are located in Africa with some in the Middle East

Question 2

What is a NEE?

Answer 2

Newly Emerging Economy - Countries such as Brazil, India and China, which are experiencing rapid economic growth and development. Incomes are rising and most enjoy a reasonable standard of living

Question 3

What is a HIC?

Answer 3

High income Country - There are around 80 countries where most people enjoy a good standard of living based on relatively high levels of income. Most countries have efficient modern industries with most working in the service sector. These include USA, Australia etc.

Question 4

What are the 9 ways of measuring development?

Answer 4

• Gross National income (GNI)
• Birth Rate
• Death Rate
• Infant Mortality
• Life expectancy
• People per doctor
• Literacy Rates
• Access to safe water
• Human development index (HDI)

Question 5

What does GNI mean?

Answer 5

The total income divided by the number of people

Question 6

What does birth rate mean?

Answer 6

Number of live births per 1,000 population

Question 7

What does death rate mean?

Answer 7

Number of deaths per 1,000 population

Question 8

What does infant mortality mean?

Answer 8

Number of deaths of children less than 1 per 1,000 population

Question 9

What does life expectancy mean?

Answer 9

Average number of years a person can be expected to live

Question 10

What does people per doctor mean?

Answer 10

Doctors per 1,000 population

Question 11

What does literacy rates mean?

Answer 11

% of people with basic reading and writing skills

Question 12

What does HDI mean?

Answer 12

Using data on income, life expectancy and education to calculate an index from 0 - 1.

Question 13

What is the Demographic Transition model?

Answer 13

A graph that plots changes in birth rates and death rates over time and shows how the total population grows in responce

Question 14

What is stage 1 of DMT and what countries are there?

Answer 14

• High Fluctuating
• Birth ad death rates are both high, they tend to cancel each other out,
• No countries on in stage 1, though some small tropical rainforest tribes

Question 15

What is stage 2 of DMT and what countries are there?

Answer 15

• Early Expanding
• Death rates start to fall and then drops rapidly. Birth rates remain high with an increasing natural rise
• Afghanistan

Question 16

What is stage 3 of DMT and what countries are there?

Answer 16

• Late expanding
• Death rate continues to fall before levelling off. Birth rates start to fall rapidly. The total population continues to grow
• Many NEE’s have these population characteristics

Question 17

What is stage 4 of DMT and what countries are there?

Answer 17

• Low Fluctuating
• Both birth rate and death rate re low and fluctuating. As they cancel each other out, the total population growth slows and starts to level off
• Most HICS are in this stage. eg - USA

Question 18

What is stage 5 of DMT and what countries are in it?

Answer 18

• Natural decrease (decline)
• Death rate remains constant but birth rate dips below
• Some European Countries for example Germany have experienced sustained periods of very low birth rates