The total GDP of a country divided by the number of citizins in that country (average inome in a country)
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LEDC
Less Economically Developed Countries
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MEDC
More Economically Developed Countries
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NIC
Newly Industrial Countries
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GDP Gross Domestic Product
The total value of all products and services produced by a country
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Life expectancy
the expected age a person is going to reach in a country
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Primary Sector
Working with the raw materials of the earth
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Secondary Sector
Making a product turning raw materials into a finished product
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Tertiary Sector
Providing a service
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Employment
Having a job
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Development
Level of Growth and change
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Poverty cycle
A cycle where LDC life in and is hard to break
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Infant mortality rate
The % of deaths in 1,000 Babies under the age of 1
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Human Development Index
A index where you can see the level of development between countries
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Literacy Rate
The % of people that can read and write
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Basic necessities
The basic things a human needs to survive
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Immigrant
A person from a country that is living in a different country
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Emigrant
A person who has left their own country to live in another country
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Migration
Moving from one country to another country to live
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Absolute Poverty
not having the basic things a human needs to survive
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Regional disparity
Uneven difference in development regions
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The North
old name to describe the rich part of the world
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The South
Old name used to describe the poor part of the world
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Rural-urban migration
moving to an urban city from the countryside
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Slums
An area where the living conditions are very poor, low quality housing
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Economic migration
choosing to move to improve the standard of living by gaining a better paid job.
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Wealth
The amount of money someone has
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Indicator
It needs to be measure that you can use to measure things with/ a factor
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Education
Getting knowledge
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Healthcare
The prevention of illness and taking care of people
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Famine
A situation where someone suffers from lack of food
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Corruption
The abuse of power
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Integration
The process of mixing and becoming a new society
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Informal sector
A job where the employment are not registered and does not have to pay tax
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Unfair trade
When one trading part is not fairly treated
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Civil wars
A war between groups in a country
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Relative poverty
Poverty is the condition in which people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the society in which they live.
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Sanitation
Facilities that make it healthier to live such as running water and flushing toilets
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Neo-colonialism
a new form of colonialism in which poor countries are still dependent on rich countries for certain things e.g. trade
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Protectionism
when countries protect their own economic market by banning or restricting with taxes on foreign goods.
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