Flashcards
Measuring Development
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- 1What does it mean when a country develops?Peoples standard of living gets better
- 2Why is development so hard to measure?it includes so many different factors
- 3Give six examples of ways to measure development1) Infant mortality
2) Literacy rate
3) Life expectancy
4) Access to safe water
5) Birth rate
6) Death rate - 4Why are many ways to measure development good to compare? Give examplesBecause they are all linked, e.g a high GNI tends to have a low death rate and a high life expectancy rate because they tend to have more money to spend on healthcare
- 5Give three ways the measurements have disadvantages1) Economic measurments can be inaccurate for countries that trade
2) They're averages so they can be misleading
3) A country develops some aspects before others so if used on their own it could be wrong