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Defining and Measuring Development
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- 1Economic growth DefineThe growth of national income, usually measured by Gross National Product
- 2Sustainability DefineSomething can continue at the same level indefinitely
- 3(GDP) Identify and DefineGross Domestic Product.
Measures the total value of goods and services produced in an economy in a year - 4(GNP) Identify and DefineGross National Product.
Statistical measure of the size of an economy, using the total value of production and services - 5Identify 5 reasons why sociologists use GNP with cautionEconomic growth does not cover all aspects of social development.
GNP per capita is an average for the whole population and so conceals inequalities.
GNP only counts what happens in the 'official' economy.
Continuous economic growth cannot mean sustainable development.
Difficult to calculate GNP and GDP accurately. - 6Sustainable Development DefineDevelopment which sustains the natural environment, thereby ensuring future generations can have the same level of development
- 7'Future generations' DefineThe concept of sustainable development requires consideration of the the future of today's children
- 8Identify 4 commonly used measures of social developmentEducation
Health
Democracy
Gender Equality - 9(HDI) Identify and defineHuman Development Index
Composite measure of social and economic indicators, giving a statistical value to the level of development - 10Identify the 3 most important aspects of development which are used to calculate HDI and how they are calculatedMaterial Standard of Living (Gross National Income per capita)
Education (mean years of schooling of 25 year olds, and expected years of schooling of children of school entering age)
Health (Life expectancy) - 11(MPI) Identify and DefineMultidimensional Poverty Index
Replaces the Human Poverty Index. Sees poverty as multidimensional, looking at measures of health, education and living standards - 12(GII) Identify and DefineGender Inequality Index
Measures disadvantages faced by girls and women - 13(MDG)Millennium Development Goals
A set of 8 targets created by the United Nations to achieve progress in development - 14Third World Identify and DefineUndeveloped countries in the world that are economically poor
- 15Bottom Billion Identify and DefineThe poorest people in the world. Associated with Paul Collier - people stuck in countries that aren't developing
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