development: AP Human Geography

development

improvement in the material conditions of peole

MDC

More developed country, secondary and tertiary sectors are dominant

LDC

Less developed country, primary sector is dominant

HDI

human development index; uses multiple economic, social, and demographic variables to create an overall measure of a country's development

GDP

Gross Domestic Product; the sum total of all the goods and services created in an economy; provides a measure of the size of the economy

GNI/per capita

a measure of a country's overall income /population

primary sector

agriculture and natural resource extraction

secondary sector

industry; manufacturing

tertiary sector

services (providing goods and services to people in exchange for cash payment): e.g. education, banking, retail, law, accountants, healthcare, etc.

social indicators of develoment

education, literacy rate, nutrition, healthcare,

demographic indicators of development

life expectancy, infant mortality rate, natural increase rate and crude birth rate

gender related development index (GDI)

compares the level of women's development with national averages: includes income, job participation rate, education, life expectancy (usually higher than GEM

gender empowerment measure (GEM)

compares the ability of women and men to participate in economic and political decision making: includes income, jobs in the professional sector, political involvement