Section Seven - Development

Question 0

2 types of economic development indicators?

Answer 0

GDP

GDP per capita

Question 1

What is development?

Answer 1

When a country is improving.

Question 2

9 types of social development indicators?

Answer 2

Birth Rate
Death Rate
Infant Mortality Rate
People Per Doctor
Literacy Rate
Life Expectancy
Access To Safe Water
Physical Quality of Life
Calorie Intake

Question 3

What is the HDI?

Answer 3

The human development index. This takes into account life expectancy, education level and income per head.

Question 4

Disadvantages of development indicators.

Answer 4

Can be inaccurate - informal trade (untaxed)
Social indicators are difficult to measure
May be misleading as they don’t show any elite groups

Question 5

What is an NIC?

Answer 5

Newly industrialising Country

Question 6

5 environmental factors affecting how developed a country is.

Answer 6

Poor climate
Poor farming land
Limited water supplies
Lots of natural hazards
Few raw materials

Question 7

3 political factors affecting how developed a country is.

Answer 7

Unstable government might not invest
Governments can be corrupt - rich get richer and poor stay poor
War

Question 8

3 economic factors affecting how developed a country is.

Answer 8

Poor trade links
Lots of debt
An economy based of primary products

Question 9

3 social factors affecting how developed a country is.

Answer 9

Drinking water
Place of women in society
Child education

Question 10

What is bilateral aid?

Answer 10

Aid given directly to the recipient

Question 11

What is multilateral aid?

Answer 11

Aid given indirectly through international organisations that diatribe the aid