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Global development Flashcards

1
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what is the life expectancy of Japan

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81

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2
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Ethiopia was occupied by who between 1936 and 1942

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Italy

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3
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who has the smallest income gap according to Gini Coefficient

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Slovenia at 25.6 compared to south Africa 63.4

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4
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how much more effective is agriculture in reducing poverty than other growth

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4 times

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5
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how many people die each year due to water related diseases

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840,000

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6
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how many airports does Mumbai have

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3

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7
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what % of children attend primary school in Bihar

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35%

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8
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average income in North East and South East

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£17,000 compared to £21,000

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9
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average house price in North East and South East

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£140,000 compared to £280,000

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10
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life expectancy in Ethiopia

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64

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11
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what % of the world live in squatter settlements/ slums

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30%

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12
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how many children die before their fifth birthday

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6 million

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13
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how many children in 2010 were not in primary education

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70 million

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14
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what proportion of people do not have enough to eat

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1 in 9 people

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15
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how many villages drowned in the construction of the Sadar Sarovar Dam

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234 forcing out 320,000 people

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16
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how many dams were built in India as part of the 2008 programme

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4500

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17
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how many countries have been given assistance under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries Initiative

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36

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18
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what % of the worlds trade is deemed fair

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less than 1%

19
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whats the population of India

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1.31 billion

20
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what % of the population are Hindu

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80%

21
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whats happened to the contribution agriculture plays to India’s GDP

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its decreased from 50% to 26%

22
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what % of families live below the poverty line in Bihar

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55%

23
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how much foreign direct investment occurred in India in 2014

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$34,400

24
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how much aid does India give

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$1.3 billion dollars, double it recieves

25
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whats happened to number of people employed in the secondary industry in India

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up from 15% to 22%

26
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how many manufacturing locations does Cocoa Cola have in India

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19

27
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how has the tertiary industry changed

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27% to 52%

28
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how many people does Cocoa Cola employ in India

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25,000 people

29
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give evidence for development of infrastructure in India

A

500 rainwater harvesting structures

30
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how many BT admin jobs have been outsourced from UK to India

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440

31
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how many ICT jobs are there in India

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over 1 million

32
Q

whats the impact of Cocoa Cola using water in rural areas

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Harvest dropped by 40% due to poor irrigation 510,000 litres of water drawn daily

33
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how has life expectancy changed in India

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increased from 54 to 68 years

34
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by how much has the population increased by since 1990

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68%

35
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how many broadband connections are there in India

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61 million in 2013 but most in just 5 states

36
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whats the literacy rates amongst male population to female

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82% in men compared to 65% in women

37
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% of the population in India that live in cities

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32%

38
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average literacy rate in India

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74%

39
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in what year did the first Starbucks open in India

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2012

40
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how many tourists visited India in 2016

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8.9 million up 11% from 2015

41
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how much of India’s energy could come from renewables by 2040

A

49%

42
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how much did the Sar Dar Sarovar Dam cost

A

$8 billion

43
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how much land is deforested each year in India

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13.7 million ha

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