Memorisation

• Country classifications by income

  • High income
  • Upper middle income
  • Lower middle income
  • Low income
• Social characteristics of countries(GET HELPS)


  • Higher gender equality levels
  • High education levels
  • Access to technology
  • Developed health care systems
  • High employment levels
  • Developed legal systems
  • Low birth rates and population growth
  • Developed social security systems
• Economic characteristics of countries(GRIP)


  • Opportunities for global trade
  • Wide range of industries
  • High average income
  • Lower levels of poverty
• Environmental characteristics of countries(C FISH)


  • High levels of carbon dioxide emissions
  • Food security
  • Adequate infrastructure
  • Access to safe water and sanitation
  • Adequate housing
• Factors affecting health status and burden of disease


  • Access to safe water
  • Sanitation
  • Poverty
  • Racial inequality and discrimination
  • Religious inequality and discrimination
  • Gender inequality and discrimination
  • Sexual orientation inequality and discrimination
  • Alcohol global marketing and distribution
  • Tobacco global marketing and distribution
  • Processed foods global marketing and distribution
• Dimensions of social sustainability(WaG PPP)


  • Access to safe and decent working conditions
  • Gender equality
  • Promotion of political and legal rights
  • Peace and security
  • Elimination of poverty and the provision of social protection systems
• Dimensions of environmental sustainability(W CUB)


  • Waste removal and pollution
  • Climate change
  • Use of natural resources
  • Biodiversity
• Dimensions of economic sustainability(I JET)


  • Innovation and diversity of industries
  • Job creation
  • Economic growth
  • Trade
• Classifications of human development

  • Very high human development (0.8-1)
  • High human development (0.7-0.79)
  • Medium human development (0.55-0.69)
  • Low human development (0-0.54)
• Characteristics of human development(HE HELPED)

  • Have access to health
  • Enjoy a decent standard of living
  • Have access to knowledge
  • Expand and have choices
  • Lead productive and creative lives
  • Participate in lives of the community
  • Enhance their capabilities
  • Develop to their full potential
• Dimensions of HDI


  • A long and healthy life
  • Knowledge
  • A decent standard of living
• Indicators of HDI


  • Life expectancy at birth
  • Mean years of schooling
  • Expected years of schooling
  • Gross national income per capita
• Global trends


  • Climate change
  • Conflict and mass migration
  • Tourism
  • World trade
• Advantages of the HDI

  • Provides a comprehensive representation of the level of human development experienced
  • Allows comparisons to be made between countries as it is a composite statistic
  • Effective for analysing progress that is made by countries over time
  • Helps people question and revise current policy choice
• Limitations of the HDI

  • Only reflects selected aspects of human development and does not capture the depth of human development
  • Doesn't represent inequalities within a country as it takes average statistics
  • Does not include individual's feelings and opinions on their level of safety
  • Challenging to measure the reliability of data and the number of dimensions considered are limited