Development Dynamics

Question 1

MEASURING DEVELOPMENT

GDP(gross domestic product)

Poverty line

Literacy rate

Answer 1

GDP- total value of goods and services produce by a country in a year

Poverty line- the minimum income required to meet someone’s basic needs

Literacy rate- the percentage of the population who can read and write

Question 2

What does HDI mean?

Answer 2

The human development index consists of one figure per country between 0 and 1 (higher is better). Calculated using life expectancy, literacy and length of schooling.

Question 3

Population change as countries become more developed

Answer 3

• birth and death rates, dependency ratios, fertility rates, infant mortality and maternal mortality rates all fall
• life expectancy, years of schooling and literacy rates all increase

As birth rates fall and life expectancy increases the population will be older

Question 4

Recently industrialising countries (RIC’s)

Answer 4

Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC’s)

Question 5

Newly industrialising countries (NIC’s)

Answer 5

Asian tigers- Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia (south east Asia)