Global development

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    • Define development
      Is an improvement in a countries economy and economic growth and standard of living
    • Define economic growth
      An increase in the amount of goods and services produced by a country leading to an increase in wealth
    • Define standard of living
      How comfortable peoples lives are and the opportunities they have
    • Define social development
      Healthcare, access to Cleanwater
    • Define economic development
      How wealthy a country is its level of industrialisation availability to technology and jobs
    • Define political development
      democracy and corruption
    • Define food security
      Access to enough food for the population
    • Define water security
      Access to water for the population
    • Explain how corruption may slow the development of a country
      If money is used corruptly, this means there is not enough investment in infrastructure such as schools and hospitals therefore leading to a lower literacy rate and higher death rate
    • Economic development
      • Developing countries have more primary sector jobs
      • Emerging countries have more secondary jobs
      • Developed countries have more tertiary and quaternary jobs which bring more GDP
    • Social development
      • Primary education in Tanzania is compulsory 80%
      • This increases literacy rate
      • This increases the number attending secondary school
    • Technological development
      • Vodafone has invested into a refugee camp in Kenya called greenlight
      • Which allows them to get a better education as they can use technology for school providing them with tablets and smart phones
      • Which therefore allows them to improve literacy rates
    • Cultural development
      • In some countries, it is tradition for women to stay at home and not work
      • EG Afghanistan the Taliban rule over it and so their new rule that women are not allowed to speak publicly and have to fully cover up
    • Food Security development
      • The green revolution 1967 to 1977 changed India’s status from a food deficient country to one of the worlds leading agricultural nations
      • The government used seeds with better genetics and began to use fertilisers and chemical to improve yields
    • Water security development
      • In the Philippines by USAID’s Eco Asia they worked with a water company called Manila water and created sewage management
      • Which has cleaned up the water supply in a city in the Philippines Marikana this leads to good healthcare less death rates
    • Using an example, explain how technology contribute to the human development of a country
      Increase the access to the Internet for example Vodafone in Kenya has invested into Kenya. Refugee camps will allow them to get better education increasing literacy rates as it has best network across Kenya.
    • how do the types of jobs change as a country develops?
      • Developing – mainly primary sector work as they lack the infrastructure for tertiary
      • Emerging – mainly factories secondary work and tertiary starts to increase as their infrastructure starts to develop
      • Developed – Tertiary skilled educated population and quaternary highest paying most skilled
    • How is technology made UK more developed?
      • It has good Internet access throughout the country with reliable electricity improving peoples standards of living
      • Industrial farming good quality of machinery, improving efficiency leading to increased economic growth
    • How has water security made the UK more developed?
      • We have access to Clearwater, which leads to better healthcare
      • We have good pipes, so our water transfer is good which allows us to have good water quality
      • due to the better infrastructure of our pipes everyone in the UK no matter what can access clean water
    • How has security made the UK more developed?
      • We have ability to grow our own crops only seasonally growing
      • we have good fertilisers to help grow and trade our food to make sure the whole of UK has food ability to import it
    • How has economic factors made the more developed?
      • We have more tertiary and quaternary jobs because we have skilled people and there are higher salary so better life more tax invested into the economy
    • How has the culture of the UK made it more developed?
      • Everyone has the right to vote so more democracy in the country no one can feel discriminated against
    • How have social factors made the more developed?
      • Money has been invested into schools better education and literacy rates
      • Better healthcare due to hospitals leading to better lifestyle and living conditions
    • Define development indicator
      A method to measure how developed a country is compared to others
    • Explain the limitations of using GDP as a measure of development
      • GDP doesn’t tell us about the regional/local differences. It doesn’t tell us the differences in cities and towns.
      • The GDP average of the GDP within a country however it doesn’t show that inequality of what people can earn
      • Moreover GDP is an economic indicator. We also need a social indicate at this means individual people.
    • What indicators make up the HDI?
      Life expectancy, education, gross national income
    • Explain one political indicator that can be used to determine the level of development in a country
      Corruption index tells us how clean or corrupt a government/public services. It also indicates if money is going to develp a country
    • Why do you think HDI is used by United Nations rather than GDP per capital?
      It shows life expectancy, averages of schooling and gross National index shows social factors. These factors show overall view of the factor of within the country. GDP only shows economy and nothing to do with the quality of life and healthcare.
    • How is GDP per capita calculated?
      Total GDP divided by population
    • What does life expectancy represent?
      The average lifespan of a person
    • What does a score of 100 on the Corruption Perception Index indicate?
      It indicates a perfect score for cleanliness
    • What is an example of an economic indicator?
      GDP per capita
    • What is an example of a social indicator?
      Life expectancy
    • What is an example of a political indicator?
      Corruption perception index
    • What does GDP stand for?
      Gross Domestic Product
    • Why is GDP per capita important?
      It measures economic output per person
    • How does life expectancy affect social policies?
      It influences healthcare and retirement planning
    • How do economic indicators differ from social indicators?
      Economic indicators measure financial performance, social indicators measure quality of life
    • One physical factor for uneven development
      Climate
      • Countries that have average rainfall and moderate temperatures are able to support their population with the food they produce
      • in Africa, many countries suffer from frequent droughts. This means crops die and people do not have enough food to eat.
    • How does climate affect a developed countries development?
      They have average rainfall and moderate temperatures which is good for growing food
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