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Flashcards by katiehumphrey, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by katiehumphrey
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| Question | Answer |
| development indicator of wealth: gross domestic product (GDP) | total value of goods and services a country produces in a year - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of wealth: GDP per capita | GDP divided by total population - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of female education and birth control: birth rate | the number of live babies born per thousand of the population per year - gets lower as country develops |
| development indicator of healthcare quality/access: death rate | the number of deaths per thousand of the population per year - gets lower as country develops |
| development indicator of sanitation and healthcare: infant mortality rate | the number of babies who die under 1 year old per thousand babies born - gets lower as country develops |
| development indicator of access to healthcare: people per doctor | the average number of people for each doctor - gets lower as country develops |
| development indicator of access to education: literacy rate | the percentage of adults who can read and write - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of healthcare quality/access: life expectancy | the average age a person can expect to live to - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of sanitation: access to safe water | the percentage of people that can get clean drinking water - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of quality of life: physical quality of life index | number calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate and infant mortality rate - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of access to healthy diet: calorie intake | the average number of calories eaten per day - gets higher as country develops |
| development indicator of lots of things: human development index | number calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate, education level and income per head - gets higher as country develops |
| disadvantages of economic indicators | can be inaccurate for countries where trade is informal (not taxed) exchange rate changes |
| disadvantages of social indicators | difficult to measure don't indicate human rights |
| MEDCs more economically developed countries | generally found in the north: USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Europe |
| LEDCs less economically developed countries | generally found in the south: India, China, Mexico, Brazil, Africa |
| NICs newly industrialised countries | rapidly getting richer as industry is moving from primary to secondary: China, India, Brazil, Mexico |
| environmental factors affecting how developed a country is | poor climate poor farming land limited water supplies lots of natural hazards few raw materials geographical location |
| economic factors affecting how developed a country is | poor trade links lots of debt economy based on primary products |
| social factors affecting how developed a country is | drinking water availability the place of women in society child education |
| international aid | the giving of resources (money, goods, expertise) by one country to another aiming to improve quality of life in the recipient country |
| official government aid | a government gives aid directly and determines what the money is spent on |
| voluntary aid | aid is delivered and controlled by charities |
| NGOs non-governmental organisations | private organisations that work on big issues affecting humanity |
| donor country | country that gives aid |
| recipient country | country that receives aid |
| bilateral aid | aid given directly from one country to another |
| multilateral aid | aid provided by many countries and organised by an international body - United Nations |
| short term emergency aid | aid provided to cope with unexpected disasters |
| long term development aid | aid directed towards continuous improvements in the quality of life of people in a country |
| tied aid | aid that is linked to the purchase of goods and services from a donor country |
| sustainable development | development that meets the needs of the present without harming the ability of future generations to meet their own needs |
| development | the use of resources and the application of available technology to improve the quality of life in a country |
| standard of living | those factors which can affect a person's quality of life and can be measured |
| quality of life | the happiness, well being and satisfaction of a person |
| PPP purchasing power parity | the differences in costs of living between countries: £1 a day in England and bread costs £1, you get 1 loaf £1 a day in India and bread costs 50p, you get 2 loaves |
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