Global Impact Unit 2

Extreme poverty

average income less than $2.15 per day/person

GDP

measure of the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period

GDP per capita

a measure of a country's economic output per person, calculated by dividing the total GDP by the POPULATION

Technology based industrialization

Using knowledge and technology to become more productive

Capital

anything of value that can be used to produce income.

physical - material items

financial - money

human - knowledge/skills

Demographics

The statistical characteristics of a population

ex. ages 18-23 / 60% female 40% male

Demographic transition

a shift from high mortality and fertility to low mortality and fertility

IMF

working with world bank to goal of speeding development

World Bank

working with IMF to the goal of speeding development

Government

Body within any organization that has the authority to make, and the power to enforce, laws, regulations, or rules

Politics

the process by which groups of people make decisions

Policy

a deliberate plan of action to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes

Dissatisfied Parents Together

VAERS

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

Thimerosal

a mercury-containing preservative was in some vaccines (DPT, HepB, HIB) - NOT IN MMR

Emerging diseases

Zoonoses, zoonotic infections

Patent

World Trade Organization