International Development ✅

Question 1

What is development?

Answer 1

The use of resources to improve the standard of living and quality of life in a nation

Question 2

What 3 factors measure HDI?

Answer 2

Life expectancy, number of years at Schools, GDP per person

Question 3

What are the social factors of development

Answer 3

Less dead kids, living longer, female equality, justice

Question 4

What are the economical factors of development

Answer 4

Education for all, more jobs, more healthcare, more money for country

Question 5

What are the environmental factors of development?

Answer 5

Lower pollution, sustainability

Question 6

What is standard of living?

Answer 6

The level of wealth and resources/ facilities availiable to people

Question 7

What is quality of life?

Answer 7

The general wellbeing based on a person or society defined in terms of health and happiness

Question 8

What is GDP

Answer 8

Gross domestic product/ how much a country is worth

Question 9

LIC income

Answer 9

$1045

Question 10

NEE income

Answer 10

$1045-$12746

Question 11

HIC income

Answer 11

$12 746+

Question 12

Development indicator?

Answer 12

Tells you how developed a country is using measurable data

Question 13

Calculation for PPP?

Answer 13

GDP/Total population=PPP

Question 14

Landlocked definition?

Answer 14

A country surrounded by land with no ocean or coastline

Question 15

Abosulte Poverty?

Answer 15

Where people are so poor that they cant meet basic needs such as food

Question 16

Relative Povrety?

Answer 16

Where people are poor compared to the average but have enough to live on

Question 17

Trade

Answer 17

Buying and selling of good between countries

Question 18

Independence

Answer 18

When a country or region gains political freedom from outside control

Question 19

Reclaimed land

Answer 19

Adding material to make new land

Question 20

Primary sector

Answer 20

work with/get raw material form land or sea eg farmer miner fisherman

Question 21

Secondary sector

Answer 21

Turn raw material into something else eg clother cars baking

Question 22

Tertiary sector

Answer 22

Poeple carry out service for others such as cleaning doctor teacher

Question 23

Quaternary sector

Answer 23

Highly skilled poepl useing knowledge eg scientist

Question 24

HIgher HDI…

Answer 24

more devoleped country

Question 25

What are some differences between Malawi and Singapore?

Answer 25

Singapore: GDP per capita $65,233 per person, 15% in poverty, very little farmland and natural resources, main business is a shipping hub, finance is earned by importing and processing oil and chemicals Malawi: GDP per capita $780 per person , 50.7% in poverty, lots of farmland and natural resources, main business is agriculture, finances earned by farming and tobacco export

Question 26

Reasons why the development gap has grown:

Answer 26

Historical reasons, physical reasons, social reasons, conflict and corruption, reliance on few exports, and lack of industry

Question 27

what is a HIPC?

Answer 27

Highly indebited poor country Countries with high poverty and debt and can get special assistance from the IMF and World Bank

Question 28

What is an NGO

Answer 28

Non-government Organisation charities such as Oxfam which help people but arent part of the government

Question 29

what is a micro finance

Answer 29

Non-government organisations give small loans to people to help them set up a business

Question 30

What is a TNC?

Answer 30

Transnational corporation Company that has operations like factories,research and shops in multiple countries

Question 31

What strategies help reduce the development gap?

Answer 31

Help, aid, non-government organisations, help from technology, manufactory and TNCs and fair trade

Question 32

How does self-help reduce the development gap?

Answer 32

The poorer countries do their best to stop crimes try new crops build factories educate and train people and build more schools and hospitals

Question 33

How does aid help reduce the development gap?

Answer 33

Rich countries help poor countries by giving them money and loans. there are long-term and emergency aids

Question 34

What are the UN sustainable goals?

Answer 34

They are 17 goals to transform our world. They encourage development in all countries. They include things such as no poverty, zero hunger, good education, gender equality climate action, and peace and justice