Development

Question 1

What are the 5 indicators of development?

Answer 1

1.access to clean water
2. phones per hundred people
3. access to the internet
4. levels of energy consumption
5. percentage of the population in agricultural work

Question 2

What three things does the HDI measure?

Answer 2

education
health
living standards

Question 3

How are the three things in the HDI measured?

Answer 3

To measure health, the HDI uses life expectancy at birth.
To measure education, the HDI uses average years spent in school.
To measure living standards, the HDI uses real GNI per capita.

Question 4

HDI low development range?

Answer 4

0-0.49

Question 5

HDI medium development range?

Answer 5

0.50-0.69

Question 6

HDI high development range?

Answer 6

0.70-0.79

Question 7

HDI very high development range?

Answer 7

0.80-1.00

Question 8

Advantages of HDI?

Answer 8

holistic - looks at whole of development (reliable), rather than one indicator
good for comparison

Question 9

Disadvantages of HDI?

Answer 9

omits other indicators
ignores distribution of development (gini coefficient)

Question 10

Difference between HDI and IHDI?

Answer 10

IHDI accounts for different levels of inequality

Question 11

What will happen to the IHDI if there is lots of inequality?

Answer 11

will be far lower than the HDI

Question 12

Difference between MPI and HDI/IHDI?

Answer 12

looks at more indicators e.g access to electricity

Question 13

What does MPI calculate?

Answer 13

number of people in poverty
average intensity of poverty

Question 14

High MPI values =

Answer 14

high levels of poverty - low levels of development