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What is economic developmet?

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The amount of money A country makes from selling goods and sevices.

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examples of economic development?`

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increse in goods produced for exports.
increce in amount of money people have to spend.

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what is social development?

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Improving the quality of life of people in the county.
Eg. education and helthcare

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What is inviromental development?

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it is improving the way we use resorces so we do not harm the inviroment.
eg- recycle, solar power and electric cars.

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why do we use development indicators?

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to measure the development of social enviromental and economic development.

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GDP

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Gross domestic product-

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what is GDP?

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the total of all goods and servises produced by a county within 1 year.

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GDP Per capita

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take GDP divided by population

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what are social indicators?

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tells us about the quality of life of people.

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eg of social indicators

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percentage of children in highschool
number of doctors per 1000 people
and availibility to clean water
Life expectancy

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enviromental indicators

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the impact people have on the enviroment

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exampls of enviromental indicators

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lever of AIR AND water pollution
the rate of natural resorces are being used up
and variety of plants and animals that naturally exist in the area.

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HDI

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Human Development Index

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what is the HDI

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measures GDP per capita, eductation and life expectancy.

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15
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top ranked country

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norway

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Caractaristcs of more economicly developed countries

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High levels of eductations and litracy. Good helthcare and low unimployment rates and trade has a high value.

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Charactaristics of less economic coutries

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poor helthcare low levels of education trade has a low value

18
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6 reasons for difrences in development

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1: historical factors
2: education
3: Helthcare
4: Trade
5: Technology
6: industriel
6: political stability

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Historical factors

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Resorces from land begining of competition control over resorces and colonisym

20
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how does tech and industrielisation effect a countries development?

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the more tech and indutrilisym a country has the faster the coutry can develop

21
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How the 4 asian tigers improved their developmemt

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south korea
taiwan
hong kong and singapore
From farming to rapid industrilisation.
inversted in modern tech sold export to create development and sold exports tom weathly nations for high prices and invested in education.

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factors that effect helth and welfare

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food and nutrition- improven in agri causing populations to increse in nutrition and have higher levels in development. improvements in farming are known as green revolution

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Green revolution

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more food was created more jobs new skills and higher wages.
incrse in helthcare reduces the deth rate and quality in life inprove.

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education

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reduces povity promotes democracy peace and stability increses welth

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political stability

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the lower a coutryies political stability is the lower the level of development is.

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political stability

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the lower a coutryies political stability is the lower the level of development is.