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.