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Question 1

What is Development?

Answer 1

Development is a process of change whereby people’s lives will get better.
(The standard of living and the quality of life of its human inhabitants).

Question 2

Indicators of Development
Fertility Rate

Answer 2

Average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child bearing age.

Question 3

Indicators of Development
Birth Rate

Answer 3

Number of babies born per 1000 people, per year.

Question 4

Indicators of Development
Infant mortality

Answer 4

The number of deaths of infants under 1 year per 1000 live births.

Question 5

Indicators of Development
GNI per capita
(Gross National Income)

Answer 5

The total income received by the country from its residents and businesses regardless of whether they are located in the country.

Question 6

Indicators of Development
Life expectancy at birth

Answer 6

The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year.

Question 7

Reasons for the development gap (6bp)
Institutions

Answer 7

• Governments: democratic elections (clan based thinking)
• Royal family: lots of money and power (tourism)
• Education
• Military (protects country)
• No corruption
• HICs have good institutions.

Question 8

Reasons for the development gap
Culture

Answer 8

Religion
- Follow their god
- Only care about the next life
- More religious = poorer society.
(This is true for lots except for protestants (US & UK)

Question 9

Reasons for the development gap
Geography (5bp)

Answer 9

• Diseases: tsetse fly that gives fatigue to cows and people.
• Natural resources: corruption.
• Landlocked countries.
• Low carbohydrate plants.
• Closer to the equator means less nutritious soil.

Question 10

HIC

Answer 10

High Income Countries

Question 11

MIC

Answer 11

Middle Income Countries

Question 12

LIC

Answer 12

Low Income Countries

Question 13

NEE

Answer 13

Newly Emerging Economy

Question 14

What are the three legs of the stool of development?

Answer 14

Social
Economic
Environmental

Question 15

How much money do the most corrupt countries have in offshore accounts?

Answer 15

$10 - 20 billon

Question 16

What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?

Answer 16

A composite score that gives each country a score between 1 and 0. The closer to 1, the more developed the country.

Question 17

What does HDI take into account?

Answer 17

Life expectancy
Education level
Income of people

Question 18

What is the development gap?

Answer 18

The development gap is the difference in the well being between the worlds richest and poorest countries.

Question 19

In the 21st century what countries are refered to as the 4 main emerging countries

Answer 19

The BRIC countries are:
* Brazil
* India
* Russia
* China

Question 20

What is GDP

Answer 20

Gross Domestic Product. The total value of goods and services produced in a country, per year.

Question 21

What where the top 4 countries in GDP in 2018?

Answer 21

America
China
Japan
Germany