changing economic world

Cards (16)

  • quality of life
    standard of a persons happiness, comfort, and health.
    is measured by HDI
  • economic development
    its a country economic wealth
    measured by GNI / capita
  • development gap
    all countries r developing but at diff rates.
    shows the gap between LICs + HICs
  • GNI per capita
    economic measure
    shows the income of a country divided by its population
  • HDI
    is an economic + social measure
    life expectancy, GNI /capita, average yrs of schl
    scored up to 1 (most developed)
  • tourism
    is a strategy to reduce the development gap where countries, organizations or TNC's invest in tourist attractions in a country to make ppl stay longer + spend money
  • how does tourism reduce the development gap
    • provides money
    • provides an income for ppl
  • limitations of tourism
    • unreliable source bc it can change due to an event e.g pandemic, natural hazard
    • jobs - can be low paid + seasonal
  • international aid
    aid given from 1 country to another - food, money, tech
  • multilateral aid
    aid given from 1 country to another thru organizations e.g world bank
  • bilateral aid
    aid given from one country to another w/ conditions
  • short term aid
    aid immediately given from 1 country to another to help with some sort of disaster
  • long term aid
    aid given from 1 country to another (to make a big change)- improve quality of life + standard of living
  • quaternary sector

    knowledge based jobs
  • sustainable industry 

    industry that reaches their needs w/ out damaging the environment for future gen
  • north south divide
    cultural, social + economic diff between the north + south of the UK