Economic transition Flashcards
What is GDP?
the total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year
What is GNI?
GDP together with a country’s income received from other countries - profit leakage form countries where TNCs operate
What is GNI per capita?
total GNI of a country divided by the total population
What is Purchasing Power Parity?
- the exchange rate needed to buy the same quantity of products in each country
- they measure the total amount of goods and services that a single unit of a country’s currency can buy in another
what are the top 3 countries by GNI per capita (US$) ?
- Bermuda - 116,540
- Lichtenstein - 116,440
- Switzerland - 90,360
Strengths and Weaknesses of economic indicators of development
Strengths:
- widely established
- US$ means easy comparison
- PPP -> weighting
- primary measure of development - HICs, MICs, LICs, etc.
Weaknesses:
- inequality not measured - differences in regions and distribution by highest to lowest earners not taken into account
- not a social or political development measure
- skewed by resources, tax havens, gambling revenue, etc.
What is HDI?
takes into account life expectancy at birth, expected years of schooling, mean years of schooling and GNI per capita PPP
Annual UN development report containing 191 countries
Groupings: very high/high/medium/low
Comparable between countries and over time
Top 5: Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Hong Kong, Australia
Bottom 5: Burundi, Central African Republic, Niger, Chad, South Sudan
What is the Physical Quality of Life Index (PQLI)?
the measure of quality of life or wellbeing of a country
PQLI takes into account – basic literacy rate, infant mortality rate and life expectancy at age one
Top 5 countries: Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Luxemburg and Finland
Bottom 5 countries: Iran, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Bangladesh, Nigeria
What is the Happy Planet Index?
Happy planet index is a measure of sustainable wellbeing, ranking countries by how efficiently they deliver long, happy lives using our limited environmental resources
Gallup world poll is used to measure wellbeing/happiness using a sample of 1000 people however, the accuracy of this can be put into question
HPI takes into account – wellbeing, life expectancy, inequality of outcome and ecological footprint
Top 5 countries – Costa Rica, Vanuatu, Colombia, Switzerland and Ecuador
Bottom 5 Countries – Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Central African Republic, Mongolia and Qatar
What is the Gini Inequality index (Gini coefficient)
- the most commonly used measure of inequality expressed as a percentage
- a value of 0 corresponds to the absence of inequality, so that, having adjusted for household size and comparison, all individuals have the same household income
- a value of 100 corresponds to inequality in its most extreme form, with a single individual having all the income in the economy
- a Lorenz curve allows the index to be compared spatially and temporally
top and bottom 3 of Gini Inequality index
Top:
1. Ukraine
2. Slovenia
3. Iceland
Bottom:
1. South Africa
2. Namibia
3. Botswana
What is Globalisation?
The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of the world economically, culturally, and politically
What is Global Shift?
the movement of economic activity, particularly in manufacturing, from HICs to NICs and LICs
What is New International Division of Labour (NIDL)?
a change in the geographical pattern of specialisation, with the fragmentation of many production processes across national boundaries – ‘outsourcing’ and ‘offshoring’ signify the importance of this process
What is Globally concentrated production
- all production at a single location
- products are exported to world markets