What is development?

To develop

make something better by focusing on peoples quality of lives and places improving

political development

development of a political system in a country. vote for leaders in freedom of speech. democratic. in less developed countries people may not get to vote or have their say.

economic development

development in riches, supply of money within a place and amount of money people have . More economically developed have higher wages and better job opportunities.

social development

making peoples lives better, socially developed countries where needs are met. Healthcare.

physical development

basic necessities such as food and water, good diet, nutrition and supply of water , growing up strong and healthy. Less developed countries have malnutrition and no access to water, poor health.

GDP / capita

wealth shared out equally among the people of the country

Life expecttancy

average number of years a person can expect to live

people per doctor

number of patients divided by number of doctors

birth rate

number of births per year per 1000 people

GDP

total all money produced per year by a country’s workers

literacy rate

number of adults who can read and write in every 100 people

death rate

number of deaths per year per 1000 people

child mortality

number of children per year out of every 1000 born alive that die before they reach the age of 1

food intake

number of kilocalories each person in a country takes each day

Ways to measure development

rich poor
north south
west rest
developed undeveloped
development gap

correlation between developed countries birth rate and gdp / capita

more developed countries have a decrease in birth rate and an increase in GDP / capita