Measuring development
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Development
The progress of economic growth, through the use of technology and improving the places welfare
The difference in development between more and less developed countries is called the…
Global Development gap
There are 8 measures of development, can you name them?
Access to safe water
The percentage of people who have access to safe, clean water
Birth rate
The number of births per 1000. Birth rates are high in less developed countries.
Death rate
The number of deaths per 1000
GNI per capita
Gross National income per person
How do we work out GNI per capita?
The value of a countries income ➗ the population
Infant mortality rate
The number of babies who don’t survive past the age of 1 per 1000 live births
Life expectancy
The average age people live to
Literacy rate
The percentage of adults who can read and write
People per doctor
A stop to show the number of people per doctor
What does GNI stand for?
Gross National Income
What is GNI?
the average income earned per person in a country in one year.
Why is GNI not an affective measure of development?
This can be misleading as it is an average, variations don’t show
What three factors does HDI take into consideration?
GNI, life expectancy and education
Each country has a HDI value between…
0 & 1
Why are social indicators misleading when measuring development?
As a country develops, some aspects develop quicker than others- this could make a country seem like its developing when it isn’t.
