Measuring development

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Naomi

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  • Development - progress in economic growth, use of technology and improving quality of life
    level of development are different in each country - difference is called the global development gap
  • Measuring development -
  • HIC - wealthiest countries and GNI per head is high eg - UK USA Canada France
  • LIC - poorest countries and GNI per head is low eg- Afghanistan Somalia Uganda
  • NEE - countries wealth doesnt stay the same and some are rapidly getting richer as their economy moves from primary industry (agriculture) to secondary (manufacture)
    eg- Brazil Nigeria Turkey
  • Human development index (HDI) - combines different measures of development -
    • HDI is calculated using: income (GNI per head), life expectancy and education level - every country has a HDI value between 0 and 1 (most developed) eg europe is mainly >0.8
    • HDI tells us both about the level of economic development and quality of life
  • DTM (demographic transition model
    shows how birth rates and death rates affect population growth
  • DTM model -
    • depending on development birth and death rates differ and population