Lesson 13 - Outcomes of globalisation for development and the environment Flashcards
Define development?
Change ( usually positive overtime)
Has been used to the term ‘ modern’ or ideas of progress
Define the term development gap?
The social and economic disparity between the wealthy and the poor
Development has been linked to an electric cable, what does each part represent?
The power to drive countries from primitive to more advanced states passes through a development cable
Core is economic growth, technology and enterprise
The outer casing is composed of many different strands. The strands represent many different aspects of development growth.
What is the traditional way of measuring development?
GDP
What are the negatives of GDP as a measure of development?
GDP only measures the output of a nations goods and services, it takes nothing else into account
GDP does not account for the impact on the environment
GDP does not account for happiness
What do economic indicators focus on?
The wealth of a country
What are economic indicators measured in?
US dollars
Why are economic indicators measured in dollars?
To standardise them
Give three economic measures of development?
GDP
GNI
PPP
Give three social measures of development?
Population growth rate
Adult literacy rate
Life expectancy
Infant mortality rate
Unemployment rate
What are environmental indicators used for?
To assess the environmental care given by a nation’s people
