EQ1 - 2.1 There Are Different Ways Of Defining And Measuring Development (A) Flashcards

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What is GDP per capita?

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  • Gross domestic product per person and this means the total value of goods and services produced by a county in a year divided by the total population to show average wealth per person.
  • Measured in $.
  • Economic Indicator.
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What is poverty line?

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  • The minimum income required to meet someones basic needs - the world bank uses $1.25 per person per day.
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Measures of Inequality

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  • These show how equally wealth is shared among the population. It includes the percentage of GDP owned by the wealthiest 10% of the population, and by the poorest 10%.
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What is the access to safe drinking water indicator?

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The percentage of the population with access to an improved water supply within 1KM.

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What is the social indicator literacy rate?

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The percentage of the population, aged over 15, who can read and write.

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What is meant by Human Development Index (HDI)?

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  • A figure between 0 and 1 which is calculated between an average of 4 indicators, life expectancy, education, average length of schooling and GDP per capita.
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What is the demographic indicator birth rate?

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Number of births per 1000 people per year.

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What is the demographic indicator death rate?

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Number of deaths per 1000 people per year.

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What is the demographic indicator dependency ratio?

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Proportion of people aged below and above the normal working age (0-14, 65+) .
Its calculated by adding both age groups together and dividing by the number aged 15-64, multiplied by 100.
Lower the number, the greater the number of people who work and are less dependant.

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What is the demographic indicator fertility rate?

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Average number of births per woman.

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What is the demographic indicator infant mortality?

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Number if children per 1000 live births who die before their first birthday.

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What is the demographic indicator life expectancy?

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Average number of years a person can expect to live.

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What is the demographic indicator maternal mortality?

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Number of mothers per 100,000 who die in childbirth.

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What is mean by the term population structure?

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The number of each sex in each age group.

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What is meant by therm demographic data?

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All data linked to population.

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