Eq1 Flashcards
What is gdp and gdp per capita
The value of all goods and services produced by a country in a year.
Per capita is per 1000 people
What is gni
The total amount earned by the nations people’s and businesses.
What is happy planet index (plus formula)
A measure of sustainable wellbeing, ranking countries by how efficiently they deliver long, happy lives.
This is done by multiplying life satisfaction and life expectancy and dividing that by ecological footprint
What is the freedom index?
Is a composite measure of personal,civil and economic freedoms in different countries.
What are the differences in traditional and contemporary measures of development
The difference between traditional and contemporary measures of development is that traditional methods use real data to determine the development like gdp whereas contemporary measures are based of perception such as the happy planet index
What is sharia law ?
Sharia law
The Muslim world does not see fit that a country has respect for universal human rights.
The sharia law is not just laws on religion but laws on inheritance,marriage,criminal punishments
Some countries have embedded sharia law into their constitutions, for example, Iraq has included the clause ‘no law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed laws of Islam.
However some Muslims believe it’s not rigid but actually flexible and fully compatible with human rights
What is Bolivia’s development strategy?
President evo morales represents the movement towards socialism political party.
Under Morales Bolivia has been transformed he began renationalising Bolivia’s oil and gas industries.
Extreme poverty has fallen by 43 % as morales uses revenue from the royalties and profits to fund public work
However it remains one of South Americas poorest countries and is still dependent on its natural resources for economic growth.
Why education vital for humans ?
Improves decision making and problem solving
Development of basic hygiene
Ways to control family size
So people know their rights
All important to have a healthy and safe society
What factors affect education?
Wealth
Gender (some females aren’t allowed to go to school)
Social class
Ethnicity
What factors affect life expectancy?
Linked to diet,lifestyle,relative deprivation and acces to medical care
There is a positive correlation between spending on health care,linked to the wealth of a country and life expectancy
What is the difference between life expectancy of gender of people from the Uk ?
The difference between the genders life expectancy is small
It’s more likely they reflect in affluence and lifestyles
What is the difference between life expectancy of socio economic groups of people from the Uk ?
The difference is pretty big as people being more skilled than unskilled people this partly because of housing and lifestyle but attitudes towards health and diet will also play a part.
What is the difference between life expectancy of different ethnic groups of people from the Uk ?
No real correlation.
Might be to do with inherited genes and other factors such as lifestyle and housing.
What does the world bank do to improve education and the environment?
founding member of the global partnership for education. This partnership was created to help achieve millennium development goals.
The GPE invests in early childhood education for all children, and aims to develop a sound educational system for children.
Additionally in 2016 the world bank launched a new initiative- the climate change action plan. This aims to help developing countries such as India to add 30 Gita watts of renewable energy to the worlds energy capacity, as well as provide flooding early warming systems for 100 million people and develop investment in agriculture for 40 countries
What does the imf do to help reduce poverty?
its role has been to strengthen wreaking currencies and foster stronger economic development policies. It has usually concerned itself with heavily indebted countries. In return for re-arranging loans at adjusted rates of interest.and at more affordable repayments.
