The Development Gap Flashcards
What is development?
Development is a process that creates growth, progress, positive change or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic components.
What is the development gap?
The development gap is the difference in levels of development between the richest and poorest countries in the world.
Development indicators
GNI
Birth Rate
Death Rate etc
What does HDI stand for?
Human Development Index
What is the quality of life?
The standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group.
What is the standard of living?
The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community.
Why are there limitations when using only one type of measurement of development?
Using only one could be misleading
What is the North South Divide?
The concept of a gap between the Global North and the Global South in terms of development and wealth.
What is the North South Divide based on?
The Brandt Line
What is the five-fold division of wealth?
Rich Industrialising Countries
Oil-Exporting Countries
Newly Industrialising Countries
Formerly Centrally Planned Economies
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
What is an LEDC?
Less Economically Developed Country
What is an MEDC?
More Economically Developed Country
What does DTM stand for?
Demographic Transition Model
What is the DTM?
The demographic transition model shows population change over time. It studies how birth rate and death rate affect the total population of a country.
What places would be in stage 1 of the DTM?
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