topic 5: global development

• • development: changes that improve people's quality of life
• | factors affecting development

  • economic
  • social
  • technological
  • physical
  • political
  • psychological
• | factors = high development

  • economic: high income, more secondary & tertiary
  • social: access to healthcare, free education
  • political: limited corruption, freedom of speech
  • tech: access to internet
  • physical: low risk of natural hazards
  • psychological: happiness, freedom, security
• • food security: global imbalance between food production & consumption
  • lack of food security in some countries
• • water security: 80 countries lack of water is a constant threat
  • climate change has impact on supply keveks & overexploitation
• | measuring development

  • GDP per capita- gross domestic product
  • total value of goods & services divided by total population
  • quantitative
  • but development isnt solely money
• • HDI- Human Development Index
  • compares aspects of development & quality of life
  • looks at GNI, life expectancy & knowledge
• • corruption per index
  • life expectancy
  • infant mortality
  • access to healthcare
  • literacy rate
  • happiness index
• | development gap

  • widening gap between richest & poorest countries
  • can occur within a country too!
  • between a successful core & less successful periphery
• | what causes development gap

  • climate: frequent droughts make it harder to feed growing population
  • landlocked countries: impacts transport & communications