measures of development 4.3.1

Question 1

characteristics of a developed country

Answer 1

high GDP per head +education& healthcare

gov democratically elected entering deindustrialisation+ developing sector

Question 2

what factors is HDI based on

Answer 2

health (life expectancy at birth)
education (mean years of schooling of adults 25+ and expected years of schooling of a current 5 year old)
income GNI per capita at PPP

Question 3

evaluate HDI

Answer 3

accounts for main 3 factors of development (+)
relatively easy to calculate as gov tends to collect the stats used in data (+)
ignores quality of life +success of education (-)
income inequality + freedom from corruption/ environment ignored (-)

Question 4

IHDI

Answer 4

health
education
income
inequality
broader but could be criticised for not taking more measures into account

Question 5

how is MPI measured

Answer 5

education (years of schooling +attendance)
health (child mortality +nutritional data)
standards of living (electricity available,sanitation,drinking water,cooking fuel, assets owned etc)

Question 6

MPI

Answer 6

multidimensional poverty index

percentage of population that’s multidimensional poor (health education standard of living)

Question 7

evaluate use of MPI

Answer 7

highlights countries where some areas are extremely rich but most of the population is not, focus on poverty but data isn’t always available

Question 8

GPI

Answer 8

genuine progress indicator

26 different indicators looking at economic sustainability

Question 9

factors looked at with GPI

Answer 9

economic (personal consumption, inequality, cost of unemployment)
environmental ( cost of pollution, loss of natural areas )
social (housework, parenting, cost of crime)