Measuring development

Question 1

what is development?

Answer 1

the progress of a country in terms of economic growth, the use of technology and human welfare

Question 2

what is an LIC?

Answer 2

a country that has a GNI per capita of $1045 or less

Question 3

what is a HIC?

Answer 3

a country that has a GNI per capita of $12746 or above

Question 4

what is GNI per head?

Answer 4

a measure of the country’s wealth

Question 5

what is HDI (human development index)?

Answer 5

a measure that considers life expectancy, GNI and adult literacy rate. A value from 0-1

Question 6

what is birth rate?

Answer 6

the number of babies born per 1000 people in a population per year

Question 7

what is death rate?

Answer 7

the number of deaths per 1000 people in a population per year

Question 8

what is infant mortality rate?

Answer 8

the number of babies who die before their 1st birthday per 1000 live births per year

Question 9

what is people per doctor?

Answer 9

how many people there are for one doctor in a place

Question 10

what is adult literacy rate?

Answer 10

the percentage of the country that is able to read and write as an adult

Question 11

what is access to safe water?

Answer 11

what percentage of people have access to safe and sanitary water.

Question 12

what is life expectancy?

Answer 12

the average age a person can expect to live to after birth.

Question 13

what is a strength of using GNI per head?

Answer 13

will tell you exactly how much income a person gets on average, makes it accurate

Question 14

what is a limitation of using GNI per head?

Answer 14

measurement is misleading if there are extremes in the earnings of the population (e.g. lots of super rich and lots of super poor)

Question 15

what is a strength of using HDI?

Answer 15

includes more than one measurement making it more accurate for measuring more than economic factors (shows how the government is spending the money)

Question 16

what is a limitation of using HDI?

Answer 16

difficult to use HDI to measure short-term changes in development due to its long term measurements (e.g. life expectancy)

Question 17

what is a strength of using birth rate?

Answer 17

can be used for predicting a future situation and planning accordingly

Question 18

what is a limitation of using birth rate?

Answer 18

figures in less developed countries are not necessarily accurate

Question 19

what is a strength of using death rate?

Answer 19

indicates quality of health care, water and food quality

Question 20

what is a limitation of using death rate?

Answer 20

does not take into account what the reason of deaths were (e.g. either poor healthcare or a natural disaster)

Question 21

what is a strength of using infant mortality?

Answer 21

indicates quality of healthcare, food and water

Question 22

what is a limitation of using infant mortality?

Answer 22

hard to get an accurate figure due to LIC’s not recording births

Question 23

what is a strength of using people per doctor?

Answer 23

indicates quality of health care

Question 24

what is a limitation of using people per doctor?

Answer 24

doesn’t take into account whether healthcare is privatised or nationalised, affecting numbers

Question 25

what is a strength of adult literacy rate?

Answer 25

indicates the amount of education on offer

Question 26

what is a limitation of adult literacy rate?

Answer 26

takes no notice of other skills that people may have that are equally as valuable (e.g. good farming techniques)