Health and Human rights Flashcards
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Alternative ways of assessing human development
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Human welfare- Sharia law, based on fulfilment of necessities
Intervention from gov - Political changes e.g. Bolivia alleviate property = economic growth
2
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Education benefits
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- Helps improve human rights
- 60 million children do not attend primary school, 32 million in Saharan Africa
3
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Gender imbalance
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Girls make up 54% of non schooled pop
Lack of education = slow social & economic development
4
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GDP
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Traditional economic measure of development
- Sum of all goods
- Doesn’t include informal economy (90% of farmers are individual)
5
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Purchasing Power Parity
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Measuring purchasing power of different countries over goods and services (comparison of standard of living)
6
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Human development index
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Health, education and living standards, measure social and economic data
- Life expectancy
- Expected schooling years
- Mean schooling years
- Gross national income per capita
7
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Happy planet index
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Wellbeing (happiness is subjective) Life expectancy Inequality of outcomes Ecological footprint Measures happiness and sustainable wellbeing
