Human Development Gap Flashcards
Definition of development
Relates to the progress of a country in terms of economics growth, the use of technology and human welfare.
What does GNI stand for and what does it mean?
Gross National Income
This is a measure of a country’s wealth. It is the total value of goods and services produced by a country, plus the income earned from investments in other country’s. The figure is divided by the population of a country to produce a per capita.
What is the Human development Index
This was devised by the UN as a social measure of development. It is a composite measure that considers life expectancy, GNI and number of years is education. A value between 1 and 0
Birth Rate
Number of Births per 1000 people
Death rate
Number of deaths per 1000 people
Infant mortality
Number of of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1000 births
People per doctor
Number of people who downs on a single doctor.
Literacy Rate
Percentage of adults that can read and write in a country
Access to safe water
Percentage of people with access to safe and sanitary water that is free form bacteria.
Life Expectancy
Average age a person lives for
What does LIC stand for
Low income country
What does a HIC stand for
High income country
What does NEE stand for?
Newly emerging economy
What is primary sector?
Collecting natural/raw materials
What is a secondary sector
Manufacturing the primary product 
What is a tertiary sector?
Providing a service, e.g. office employment
What is Quatermong sector?
Scientifical development and research
What is the DTM?
The demographic transition model is a line graph, which changes over time in the characteristics of a country’s population. It shows birth rate and death rate and total population
Give two limitations of using birthrate as an indicator of development?
Average number does not take into account fluctuations
Not always accurately recorded 
What type of country tends to have a GNI of between $1046 and $12,735?
Newly emerging economy
A pre-industrial country will have the majority of its population working in which type of industry?
Tertiary
What is the dependency ratio?
Percentage or number of those age 0 to 14+ Percentage on number of those age, 65+
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Percentage or number of those age 15 to 64
If a population pyramid has concave sides then what will it have? 
A low life expectancy
What is a migration 
The movement of people
What is an immigrant?
A person who moves into a country
What is a refugee?
A person who is forced to leave their country or origin, as resulting in war, all natural disaster
What are the five ways of reducing the development gap?
Tourism
Industrial Development
Investment
Fair trade
Intermediate Technology
What is debt relief
Debt relief is where debt is cancelled and the G8 countries agree to do this.
What is development?
Progress of a country in terms of economic growth.
