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49 Cards in this Set
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Development |
Improvement in living standards, through better use of resources |
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Economic development |
Increase in the wealth of a country |
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Social development |
Improvement in the quality of life for people living in the country |
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Environmental development |
Improvement in the use and conservation of the natural world |
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Sustainable development |
When the needs of the present are met, whilst also protecting the needs of the future (Social, environmental and economic) |
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GNI |
1. Life expectancy at birth 2. Mean years of schooling 3. GNI per capita (PPP) -useful to see how much wealth is helping development (or not -corruption) |
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GDP per capita |
The total value of goods and services produced per year, divided by the population |
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GNI per capita |
The value of goods and services produced with the balance of income from other countries, divided by population |
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Happy planet index |
Happiness x life expectancy x inequality /ecological footprint |
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Schooling |
The average number of years that a person attends school for |
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Inter |
% of people in primary, secondary, tertiary or quaternary jobs |
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Literacy rate |
% of adults who can read and write sufficiently to function fully in society |
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Internet access |
% per 1,000 people connected to the internet |
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Birth rate |
Babies born per 1,000 people per year |
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Death rate |
Deaths per 1,000 people per year |
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Life expectancy |
Expected years of life for any person |
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Absolute poverty |
No. of people living below $1.90 a day |
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Doctors |
Number of doctors per 1,000 people |
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Infant mortality |
Number of babies that die under a year of age, per 1,000 births per year |
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Advantages of GNI per Capita (x3)
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-Easy to calculate
-Shows development pattern easily -Often strongly correlated with other indicators |
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Disadvantages of GNI per Capita (x3) |
-Only economic
-Doesn't record any jobs in the informal sector -Doesn't record inequality or corruption |
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Advantages of the HDI (x3) |
-Doesn't just record wealth
-GNI adjusted for prices (PPP) increases accuracy -Shows impact of government on society |
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Disadvantages of the HDI (x3) |
-Doesn't record inequality
-No environmental factors -Only 3 factors included |
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Advantages of 'internet users' (x2) |
-Shows infrastructure development
-Show economic development |
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Disadvantages of 'Internet users' (x2) |
-poor data avaialability
-doesn't record inequality |
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Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) |
Adjusted measures of income compared to prices
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Brandt Line |
Above line is predominantly MEDC's. Below line is predominantly LEDCS
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ACs |
Advanced countries eg. UK
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EDCs |
Emerging developing countries eg. China
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LIDCs |
Lower income developing countries eg. Kenya
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What percentage of countries are ACs, EDCs or LIDCs? |
AC-16%
EDC-45% LIDC-38% |
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Consequences of uneven development(x5) |
-Uneven wealth
-Uneven healthcare -Education imbalances -Living standards -The development Gap |
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How many people have the same wealth as 1/2 of the entire world? |
62
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What is the birth rate in the UK, in comparison to in Ethiopia? |
UK- 11/1000
Ethiopia- 33.5/1000 |
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The development gap |
Over 48% of the world's wealth is owned by just 1% of the entire population
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Positive impacts of aid (x3) |
- Medecins sans Frontiers have saved many lives - Bill Gates 'Omniprocessor' - Sustainable Aid creates lasting changes |
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How have Medecins-sans-Frontiers helped after 'Africa's World war' ?
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- Vaccinated 962 children against measles - Assisted with 6,500 births in Northern Kivu |
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What is Bill Gates' Omniprocessor?
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-device converting sewage into drinking water - aid focused on infrastructure cannot be corrupted |
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How has aid focused on infrastructure helped to save lives in Botswana?
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Resulted in a 15% fall of newborns contracting HIV from their mothers
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Benefits of sustainable aid
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creates lasting changes, which help a country to develop natural resources and agricultural potential
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Negative impacts of aid
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- Aid being used for the wrong thing - Corruption - Reinforces steryotypes |
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Mosquiot nets in Tanzania...
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Being used as fishing nets instead, because otherwise they would starve
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What impact has corruption in the DRC has on aid?
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$5billion stolen by Mobutu, former president
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Bilateral aid
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From one country to another
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Multilateral aid
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From big organisations such as the world bank
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Conditional aid
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Aid 'with strings attached' for example o contract of trade
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Charitable aid
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Aid given from non-government organisations such as Oxfam
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Sustainable aid
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Long term aid that is focused on helping future generations
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Factors affecting development(x5)
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- War - Natural resources - Natural hazards - Corruption - Colonialization |
