P2 SB The Changing Economic World Flashcards
Development is…
Positive change that makes things better
Quality of life is a matter of opinion which makes it harder to ____
Measure
Name three factors contributing to quality of life
Any three from:
Income
Job security
Happiness
Freedom / security
Diet / nutrition / water supply
Family / friends
Education
Health
What does GNI stand for?
Gross National Income
What is GNI used to measure?
The wealth and income of a country
What is used when measuring GNI?
Total value of goods and services produced by a country, plus money earned from and paid to other countries
What is GNI expressed as?
Per capita
Some countries may seem to have a high GNI as they’re relatively ___ and have a __ population but this doesn’t necessarily mean they have a good _____
Wealthy
Small
Quality of life
Disadvantage: GNI is not representative of…
The whole population
Advantage: GNI allows us to begin categorising ____ into levels of _____
Countries
Development
HDI stands for:
Human Development Index
HDI links wealth to…
Health and education
HDI aims to show how people are ____ from a country’s ____ growth
Benefitting
Economic
Measures used to produce HDI are…
Life expectancy at birth
Number of years of education
GNI per capita
What is HDI expressed in?
Values 0-1, where 1 is the highest
Disadvantage: it’s difficult to collect ____ data for all three measures used in HDI
Accurate
Advantage: HDI uses a more broad range of _____ and is generally more _____ than other measures
Information
Accurate
Birth rate is:
Number of live births per year per 1000 people
Death rate is:
Number of deaths per year per 1000 people
Water accessibility is:
The % of the population with access to safe drinking water
Life expectancy is:
The average age a person is expected to live to
Doctor availability is:
The average no. of patients each available doctor is responsible for
The % of the population that can read or write over the age of 15 is called what?
Literacy rate
Infant mortality rate is:
The number of children who die before the age of 1, per 1000 live birthd