Measuring Development Flashcards
As a country develops, its _____________________ and _______________________ improves.
standard of living
quality of life
What are the 4 factors that affect a country’s development?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Social
Environmental
Economic
Political
What is the development gap?
The difference in the standard of living between the world’s richest and poorest countries.
What is Gross National Income (GNI)?
The total amount of income earned by a country’s people and businesses.
How is GNI expressed?
Per head (capita) of the population.
Is HDI (Human Development Index) an economic or social measure of development?
Social.
True or false: HDI uses both economic and social factors to measure development?
True.
What does the HDI show?
How much people are benefiting from a country’s economic growth.
What are the 3 measures used to produce HDI?
1.
2.
3.
Life expectancy.
Education.
GNI per capita.
How is HDI expressed?
From values of 0-1.
What are 4 main measures of social development?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Birth rate
Death rate
Infant mortality
Literacy rate
When measuring development, _______________ and _____________________ may not be taken into consideration.
Which are important in many countries.
subsistence
informal economies
The lower the birth rate, the _________________.
higher the HDI
What does a population pyramid show?
The number of males and females in each age group.
If the population pyramid is wide at the bottom, it is a ________ population.
If the population pyramid is wide at the top, it is an __________ population.
young
ageing
