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1
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What is GDP?

A

The total value of goods an services a country produces in a year

2
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What is GNI?

A

The total value of goods and services people of that nationality produce in a year. GDP + money earned by nationals abroad

3
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What is GNI per head/per capita?

A

The GNI divided by the population of a country

4
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What is Birth Rate?

A

The number of live babies born per 1000 of the population per year

5
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What is Death Rate?

A

The number of deaths per 1000 of the population per year

6
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What is infant mortality rate?

A

The number of babies who die under 1 year old

7
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What is People per Doctor?

A

The average number of people for each doctor

8
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What is Literacy Rate?

A

The percentage of adults who can read and write

9
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What is Access to safe water?

A

The percentage of people who can get clean drinking water

10
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What is Life expectancy?

A

The average age a person can expect to live to

11
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What is HDI?

A

A number calculated using life expectancy, literacy rate, education level and income per head

12
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Why are the measure of development misleading on their own?

A

Because they’re averages

13
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What 5 categories can countries be put into?

A
Rich industrial countries
Newly Industrialising countries
Oil Exporting countries
Heavily indebted poor countries
Former communist countries
14
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What improves as a country develops?

A

Quality of life and standard of living

15
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What is standard of living?

A

Someone’s material wealth, eg their income or whether they own a car

16
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What is quality of life?

A

It includes standard of living but also other things that aren’t so easy to measure such as how safe the person’s environment is

17
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What environmental factors affect a country’s development?

A
A poor climate
Poor farming land
Limited water supply
Lots of natural hazards
Few raw materials