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the progress in economic growth, use of technology and improving welfare of a country
what are the 9 measures of development? (alphabetical)
access to safe water, birth rate, death rate, GNI per capita, Gross national income, infant mortality rate, life expectancy, literacy rate, people per doctor
Why can GNI be misleading?
it is an average so doesn't show variations of wealth
why can social indicators (birth rate, death rate) be misleading?
as a country develops some aspects develop before others so a country may seem more developed than it is
give 3 examples of HICs
UK, Australia, Cananda
give 3 examples of LICs
Afghanistan, Somalia, Uganda
what are BRICS and MINT examples of?
NEEs
what are the BRICS countries?
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
What are the MINT countries?
Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey
what is HDI and what is it calculated using?
the Human Development Index is calculated using GNI per head, life expectancy and education level
what is the scale of HDI?
0-1 (1 being the most developed)
What does HDI measure?
the country's level of economic development and the quality of life
What does the demographic transition model show?
How changing birth rates and death rates affect population growth
what 4 factors affect how developed a country is? (alphabetical)
Fee raw materials, Lots of natural disasters, Poor climate, Poor farming land
what 3 economic factors cause uneven development? (alphabetical)
An economy based of Primary products (metal and timber), Lots of debt, Poor trade links
what are 2 historical causes of jneven development? (alphabetical)
colonisation and conflict
what are the 3 consequences of uneven development? (alphabetical)
Health, International migration, wealth
what are the 7 strategies to reduce the development gap? (alphabetical)
Aid, Debt relief, Fair trade, Industrial development, Investment, Microfinance loans, using intermediate technology
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