Measuring Development Flashcards
Define development.
The process by which societies change over time.
ECONOMIC MEASURES
How is economic growth usually measured?
Using a country’s GNI
ECONOMIC MEASURES
What is GNI?
The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a financial year, given per capita.
ECONOMIC MEASURES
What are the criticisms of economic development?
Marxists agrue that fast development is rarely sustainable as it leads to boom and bust.
SOCIAL MEASURES
How is social growth usually measured?
Give examples
As changes in society.
Education, health, democracy, gender equality.
SOCIAL MEASURES
How is education used as a measure for social growth?
2
Percentage of elligible children in school
Literacy levels
SOCIAL MEASURES
How is health used as a measure for social growth?
2
Mortality rates
No. of hospital staff per person
SOCIAL MEASURES
How is democracy used as a measure for social growth?
3
Free elections
Voting
Freedom of oppostion parties
SOCIAL MEASURES
How is gender equality used as a measure of social growth?
3
Years in education
Health
Equality of opportunity
What is the Human Development INDEX?
A form of measurement of human development used by The United Nations.
How does the Human Development INDEX produce scores?
It combines 3 figures:
- GNI per capita
- Education
- Health (life expectancy)
What does the Human Development INDEX generally focus on?
Economical/statistical success
What is the Human Development REPORT?
What does it focus on that is different to the HDI?
Sociological report looking at humanist measures to measure development.
Equality and reducing poverty, rather than statistical success.
The Human Development REPORT featured:
M_________ P_____ I_____ - looks at more kinds of ______, eg _______ & ___________.
G_____ I_____ I_____;
___________ health, government __________, _______ etc
I____-a______ H______ D________ I____ - a total ______ measure that directly _______ to ____. ______ differences result in _____ HDI _____.
a) Multidimensional Poverty Index - poverty, education, living standards
b) Gender Inequality Index - female reproductive, representation, education
c) Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index - equality, compares, HDI, bigger, smaller, scores
