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What is indicated by high birth, death, and infant mortality rates?
What is indicated by high birth, death, and infant mortality rates?
- Improvement in quality of life
- Sustainable growth
- Higher standard of living
- Lack of development (correct)
Which term refers to countries with high levels of economic development?
Which term refers to countries with high levels of economic development?
- Developing Nations
- More Economically Developed Countries (correct)
- Micro-scale Economies
- Newly Industrialised Countries
What do social indicators reflect?
What do social indicators reflect?
- Environmental sustainability
- Trade balance of a country
- Economic growth rates
- Quality of life of the population (correct)
What is the primary focus of sustainable development?
What is the primary focus of sustainable development?
Which model suggests that all countries have the potential to develop through five stages?
Which model suggests that all countries have the potential to develop through five stages?
Which economic concept refers to the value of a country's exports relative to its imports?
Which economic concept refers to the value of a country's exports relative to its imports?
What does the term 'quality of life' encompass?
What does the term 'quality of life' encompass?
What is the primary characteristic of micro-scale development?
What is the primary characteristic of micro-scale development?
Which of the following is NOT considered a common economic indicator of development?
Which of the following is NOT considered a common economic indicator of development?
What does the Gini coefficient measure?
What does the Gini coefficient measure?
Which term describes countries with lower levels of income and industrialization?
Which term describes countries with lower levels of income and industrialization?
Which development model emphasizes the concentration of economic growth in a core area?
Which development model emphasizes the concentration of economic growth in a core area?
In the context of global trade, which option represents a trading relationship that avoids tariffs and quotas?
In the context of global trade, which option represents a trading relationship that avoids tariffs and quotas?
What is the main focus of community-based development?
What is the main focus of community-based development?
Which of the following terms describes the division between richer and poorer countries that is not parallel to the equator?
Which of the following terms describes the division between richer and poorer countries that is not parallel to the equator?
What does sustainable development primarily aim to balance?
What does sustainable development primarily aim to balance?
What does the Gini coefficient measure?
What does the Gini coefficient measure?
Which of the following is NOT a type of development indicator?
Which of the following is NOT a type of development indicator?
Which economic indicator is used to measure the wealth generated per person in a society?
Which economic indicator is used to measure the wealth generated per person in a society?
What does HDI stand for, and what does it measure?
What does HDI stand for, and what does it measure?
Which of the following would be considered a demographic indicator?
Which of the following would be considered a demographic indicator?
What scale of development refers to the impact of development projects on a community or individual?
What scale of development refers to the impact of development projects on a community or individual?
Which economic indicator best reflects the overall economic well-being of a country's residents?
Which economic indicator best reflects the overall economic well-being of a country's residents?
Which of the following indicators would be used to assess access to healthcare services?
Which of the following indicators would be used to assess access to healthcare services?
Study Notes
Terminology
- Brandt Line - Divides the richer north from the poorer south, not parallel to the equator
- Commodity - An item of economic value traded in large quantities.
- Core & Periphery model - Economic growth concentrated in a dominant core, less developed periphery depends on it. Development diffuses from core to periphery eventually developing it.
Scale and spatial aspects of development
- Development affects people and places
- The impact of a development project can vary greatly in scale
- From improving the quality of life for one person/family to a whole country/continent
Development
- Can be categorized at a micro-scale (community or local level) or macro-scale (continental, country, or global)
Development Indicators
- Indicators are statistics used to compare development levels of different countries
- 3 types of indicators:
- Economic indicators: Measure the amount of wealth in a society
- Social indicators: Show people’s quality of life.
- Demographic indicators: Statistics about the population.
- Economic development indicators:
- GDP: Gross Domestic Product - The total value of goods and services produced in a country in a year
- GNP: Gross National Product - The total value of all goods and services produced by a country's residents and businesses, regardless of location -- includes income from foreign investments
- GDP per capita: GDP divided by population - indicates the average income per person in a country
- Gini Coefficient - Reflects income distribution in a population.
- Ranges from 0 to 1 (sometimes multiplied by 100)
- 0 = wealth is evenly distributed
- The higher the value, the more unequally wealth is distributed.
- Social Indicators:
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Measures social needs by analyzing people's access to:
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** Services& Facilities**
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Education:
- Adult literacy rate
- Number of children in primary and secondary school
- Number of teachers
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Healthcare
- Access to healthcare
- Number of doctors and nurses
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HDI values
- Used to compare the quality of life in different countries
- Comparisons are made between:
- Overall Health: Life expectancy
- Education: Average school years and adult literacy rates
- Standard of Living: GNP per capita
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Description
This quiz explores key concepts in development studies, including the Brandt Line, core and periphery model, and various development indicators. Understand the scales at which development impacts societies, from local communities to entire nations. Test your knowledge on how economic and social indicators are used to evaluate different levels of development across the globe.
