The global development gap

Question 1

What is the definition of development?

Answer 1

progress a country has made in terms of economic growth and human welfare

Question 2

How can development be effected?

Answer 2

• environmental factors
• economic factors
  -social factors
• Politocal facyors

Question 3

What is the definition of the development gap?

Answer 3

difference in standards of living between rich and poor countries

Question 4

What does GNI stand for

Answer 4

Gross national income

Question 5

What does the GNI of a country measure?

Answer 5

-Economic development
-Value of goods produced by country, money earned from other countries

Question 6

What is considers as the GNI of a HIC

Answer 6

GNI per capita above $12535

Question 7

What is considered as the GNI of a LIC

Answer 7

GNI per capita below $1036

Question 8

What does HDI stand for

Answer 8

Human development index

Question 9

What does the HDI of a country measure?

Answer 9

• Social development
  -Shows how far people are benefiting from countries economic growth

Question 10

What are the measures that produce HDI

Answer 10

-Life expectancy
-GNI per head
-Number of years in education
-

Question 11

What is the mesure that HDI is expressed in?

Answer 11

0-1

Question 12

What are some limitations of economic and social measures?

Answer 12

-Out of date data or hard to find
-Data may be unreliable
-Government corruptness
-Not considering informal economy
- Average of a country

Question 13

What does DTM stand for?

Answer 13

Demographic transition model

Question 14

What does DTM show?

Answer 14

Shows the change over time in the population of a country

Question 15

Describe stage 1 of the DTM

Answer 15

high birth dates
high death rates

Question 16

Describe stage 2 of the DTM

Answer 16

high birth rates
death rates begin to fall

Question 17

Describe stage 3 of the DTM

Answer 17

birth rates start to fall
death rates continue falling

Question 18

Describe stage 4 of the DTM

Answer 18

birth rates low
death rates low

Question 19

Describe stage 5 of the DTM

Answer 19

Birth rates lower than death rates(natural decrease)

Question 20

Definition of natural increase

Answer 20

happens when birth rates greater than death rates

Question 21

Definition of natural decrease

Answer 21

happens when birth rates lower than death rates