Global Divides Flashcards
(20 cards)
Globalization has led to increased
interconnectivity between nations, but it has
also contributed to growing economic
inequality on a global scale
(Lindert and Williamson, 2001).
How do we determine which countries are rich and which countries are poor?
Human Development Index (HDI) which was initiated in 1990.
3 Basic Indicators of Development (Todaro and Smith, 2012)
- Gross National Income per capita (GNI).
- Health
- Education
_______ aimed to rank all countries and determine the lowest human development and the highest level of development based on the basic indicators namely: real income, health and education (Todaro and Smith, 2012).
Human Development Index (HDI)
refers to the total of all goods and services produced and provided within a country’s borders, divided by its population. The United nation adjusted this figure to account for the cost of living in a country in order to create the ―purchasing power parity‖
Gross National Income per capita (GNI)
________ Literacy is the number of adult males and females reported or estimated to have the basic abilities and capability to read and write. It also includes the number of years attended school regardless of the quality of education received.
Education
it is measured based on the life expectancy at birth, the rate of undernourishment, the under-5 mortality rate, and the crude birth rate.
Health
Prior to the HDI there have been moves that created a literal and visual division among the different countries in the world. One is the __________in the 1980 which was written by the Independent Commission headed by Willy Brandt to review international development issues in the 1980s
Brandt Report
________is a clear graphic presentation of a North and South division of their economies of the different countries which were based on their GDP (Gross Domestic Product) per capita. It is a line crossing at latitude of 30° North passing between North and Central America, north of Africa and India, but is lowered in the southern part to include Australia and New Zealand to appear above the line.
BRANDT LINE
Brandt Line is that the countries in the Northern part of the world are extremely ______ while those countries appearing and lying on the southern part of the line are considered _____. The introduction of the Brandt line initiated the use of the term Global North and Global South referring respectively to rich and poor countries (Royal Geographical Society, 2020).
wealthy:poor
POOREST 5% *100
=Richest 5% of the world’s people
Richest 1% of the world’s
people
=Poorest half of the entire
world’s population
25 richest Americans
=Poorest 2 billion people
KEYTOHUMANDEVELOPMENTINDEXRANKS,2022——HIGHEST
10 netherland & australia
9 singapore
7 germany & ireland
5 sweden & denmark
4 hongkong china
3 iceland
2 norway
1 switzerland
KEYTOHUMANDEVELOPMENTINDEXRANKS,2022——LOWEST
193 somalia
192 south sudan
191 central african republic
189 nigeria & chad
188 mali
187 burundi
186 yemen
185 burkina fasco
184 sierra leone
113 PHILIPPINES X
This refers to the total of all goods and
services produced and provided within
a country’s borders, divided by its
population
Gross National Income
percapita (GNI)
Top10CountriesonGDPperCapita(GrossNationalIncome) 2024
2024
Rank Country
1.Luxembourg
2. Macao SAR
3. Ireland
4. Singapore
5. Qatar
6. United Arab Emirates
7. Switzerland
8. San Marino
9. United States
10. Norway
LifeExpectancyoftheWorld
Population
FEMALE AND MALE-73.3 YRS
FEMLE-76 YRS
MALE - 70.7 YRS
Top Countrieswith Highest Life
Expectancy in the World(2024)
- hongkong
- japan
- south korea
- french polynesia
- switzerland
142 PHILIPPINES
Top Countries withthe Most Educated
- CANDA
- JAPAN
- IRELAND
- SOUTH KOREA
5 UNITED KINGDOM
