Unit 4: Measuring Development Flashcards

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What are the Measurements of Economic Development?

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GDP / GDP per capita
HDI
IHDI
MPI
Other Indicators
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How does GDP / GDP per capita show Economic Development?

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GDP / GDP per capita shows the average income per person in a country

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Why is GDP not the best measure of economic development?

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It doesn’t take other factors into account
(factors include health, pollution, education, happiness, etc)

It is a strictly monetary figure; whereas development isn’t.

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What does HDI stand for?

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Human Development Index

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What does the HDI do, and how does it measure Economic Development?

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The HDI ranks countries in terms of social & economic development

It’s split into 3 equally weighted sections:

  1. Health (measured by life expectancy)
  2. Education (measured by average/expected years in school)
  3. Standard of Living (measured by GNI per capita)
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What are the Rankings (2015) for HDI?

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1st: Norway
2nd: Australia
3rd: Switzerland
8th: USA
14th: UK

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What Criticism has surrounded HDI as a Measure of economic development?

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Education - HDI doesn’t consider the quality of the schools/ education system

GNI per capita - may be tempered with (via the hidden economy, etc); doesn’t consider inequality

Life Expectancy - doesn’t consider/represent happiness

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What Evaluation points surround HDI as a Measure of economic development?

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The HDI excludes many aspects of economic + social life regarded to constraint development
(e.g. crime, corruption, negative externalities)

Critics argue that the equal weighting between the 3 main components is “rather arbitrary”

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What does IHDI stand for?

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Inequality-Adjusted Human Development Index

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When was the IHDI introduced?

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2010

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What is the IHDI?

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HDI which is adjusted for inequalities in the distribution of achievements in each of the 3 components

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What is the Relationship between HDI and IHDI?

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The HDI will be equal to the HDI if there is no inequality. It falls below HDI as inequality increases.

The difference between HDI + IHDI shows the ‘loss’ in potential human development.

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What does the MPI stand for?

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Multi-dimensional Poverty Index

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When was the MPI first published?

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2010

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What does the MPI do?

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Reports + complements money-based measures, by considering multiple deprivations and their overlap.

It takes into account the many factors that may make up a poor person’s experience of deprivation - such as poor health, lack of education, lack of income, threat from violence, etc.

It shows the number of people who are multi-dimensionally poor, and the number of deprivations which poor household contend.

It highlights the complexity of poverty.

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16
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What are some Other Indicators of Economic Development?

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Proportion of Male population involved in Agriculture

Energy Consumption per person

Proportion with access to Clean Water

Proportion with Internet access

Mobile Phones per 1000

Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)

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What is the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), and what is a Problem with it as a measure of economic development?

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(This doesn’t have to be well learned)

Includes measures of the impact of economic growth on the environment, as well as social factors

Takes GDP into account, but also measures the negative effects of growth (e.g. resource depletion, deregulation) - the negatives are subtracted from the positives

GPI also looks at Quality of Life - measures the cost of crime, and the value of volunteer work, housework + painting

Problem - it is Subjective.

18
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What is Gender-rates Development Index?

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Measures the relative inequality between men and women. It combines HDI with a consideration of gender. For example, it will consider differences in life expectancies, income and education between genders.