Global development Flashcards

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Different parts of quality of life

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Physical
psychological
social
Economical

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Economic development

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A measure of a countries wealth and how it is earned.

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Social development

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Measures the access the population has to wealth, jobs education, nutrition, health, leisure and safety.

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political development

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The development of the institutions, attitudes, and values that form the political power system of a society.

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Gross domestic product(GDP)

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total value of goods and services produced within a country within a year.

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positives of GDP

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There is a lot of historical data to compare as many countries measure GDP

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Negatives of GDP`

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Does not consider a nations distribution of wealth or determine a nations poverty.

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Gini coefficient

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Measures how equal people are in a country in terms of wealth. A country is given a score between 0 and 1
1 = unequal distribution
0 = equal distribution

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Corruption perceptions index

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Measures the perceived corruption in governments and the public sector. 100 is a perfect score whilst 0 shows a very corrupt public sector.

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