Development Dynamics Flashcards
(26 cards)
Subsistence farmers
Producing just enough to feed themselves, with a little extra
Level of development
Means a country’s wealth, and its social and political progress
GDP
The total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year
Poverty line
The minimum income required to meet someone’s basic needs
Access to safe drinking water
The percentage of the population with access to an improved water supply within 1km
Literacy rate
The percentage of the population, aged over 15, who can read and write
Human Development Index
The measure of wealth, health and education in a country
Systems of governance
Unitary systems, federal systems and confederate systems
Youthful population
A population with a large percentage of young people
Population structure
The number of each sex in each age group
Demographic data
All data linked to population eg. birth, death
Birth rate
The number of live births per 1000 people per year
Death rate
The number of deaths per 1000 people per year
Dependency ratio
The proportion of people below (0-14) and above (over 65) normal working age
Fertility rate
Average number of births per woman
Infant mortality
The number of children per 1000 live births who die before their first birthday
Life expectancy
Average number of years a person can expect to live
Maternal mortality
Number of mothers per 1000 who die during childbirth
HICs
High Income Countries (North America, Western Europe and Japan)
LICs
Low Income Countries (Latin America, Africa and Asia)
The top quintile
The richest fifth or 20% - of the world’s countries owns 83% of the world’s wealth
The bottom two quintiles
The poorest 40% - owns 3% of the world’s wealth
Emerging economies
Previously thought poor countries becoming wealthier
MICs
Middle Income Countries - Large reserve of raw materials in these countries, encouraged investment and growth, and their cities experienced big increases in population (Brazil, Chile)
