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What is development? |
Development is a measure of living and quality of life the citizens of a country has. It also refers to how rich or poor a country is. |
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What are some natural factors that can affect development? |
temperatures rainfall relief natural disasters |
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What is MEDC? |
more economically developed country |
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What is LEDC? |
Less economically developed country |
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Name some social indicators of development |
woman's rights, infant mortality, birth rate, literacy rate, death rate, life expectancy, percentage living in urban population |
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Name some economical indicators of development |
military spending GNP per capita average house price percentage in agriculture |
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Name some technological indicators of development |
internet access schools with computers sealed roads mobile phone use |
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Name some political indicators of development |
rebel forces present national debt freedom of the press freedom of religion political prisoners |
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Name some natural indicators of development |
length of coastline flooding drought frequency average rainfall |
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Describe the human development index (HDI) |
In 1990, the United Nations introduce a new way of measuring the level of development within a country known as the human development index. The HDI takes into account social and economical indicators and complies them together to create an overall statistic. The three areas are life expectancy, income and educational opportunity. |