Human Development Index

Question 0

What are the key factors of HDI?

Answer 0

• GDP
• Education
• Life expectancy

Question 1

What is HDI?

Answer 1

A UN measure of a country’s development.

Question 2

Show the HDI Scale

Answer 2

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The closer to 1, the more equal the country.

Question 3

What are the benefits of HDI?

Answer 3

• Wider indicator
• Easy to make comparisons
• Shows who needs aid

Question 4

What are the issues of HDI?

Answer 4

• Doesn’t show regional differences (i.e. Gender, girls not in school in Africa)
• Countries may lie in order to receive aid
• There are other, better indicators

Question 5

What other indicators could we use instead of HDI?

Answer 5

• HIV/AIDS rates
• Mortality rates (particularly infants)
• Population growth (larger populations run out of resources faster)
• Level if emancipation (gender equality)
• Access to contraception
• How developed the education system is
• Availability of cellular devices (suggesting a good/bad business environment)