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14 Cards in this Set
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Human Development Index and its 3 measures
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United Nation Puclished
-Adult literay -Life expectancy -per capita GDP |
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GDP
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gross domestic product
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continents w/ highest catagory of human dev
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NA Eu Australia
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Lowest human dev
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Africa Asia
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the connection bt BR and Human Dev
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the higher the BR the lower the HD
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Types of country
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Developed Country (First world)
Newly industrializing country(second world) Developing country(third country) HIPC(highly indebted poor country) |
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Infrastructure
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Transportation Communication Links, Electric power, schools, hospitals..
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Saudi Arabia
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example of a country that the wealth is not share among people but concentrated on the hands of few ppl
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Stardards of living
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incomes
quality of life status of woman and children |
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Poverty (Canada)
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Spending more than 56%of a family's income on neccessities of life.
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the poverty trap
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pg347
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IMF(International money fund)
World bank |
provide loans to developing countries on building magaprojects(dam).
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structure adjustment program(SAP)
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S program that requires an indebted ountry to restructure its economy by encouraging foreigh investment,increasing exports and terning government services over to the private sector in return for loans.
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Multinational Companies (MNC)
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GHANA 70% of cocoa very little profit
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