Social development Flashcards

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What is educational development?

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  • Percentage of eligible children attending school
  • Literacy (% who can read and write)
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What is health development?

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  • Child/Infant mortality rate (#/1000/year)
  • General mortality rate (#/1000/year)
  • Maternal mortality rate (#/1000/year)
  • Number of hospitals/staff per person
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What is democracy?

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  • Are there free elections?
  • Can everyone vote?
  • Can opposition parties speak freely and organise against the government?
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What is gender equality?

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  • M/F average years in education
  • M/F health and life expectancy
  • Equal access to pay, voting, etc
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What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?

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It is a composite measure that combines three figures to produce a score
- GNI per capita
- Education by years in education by age 25 and expected years in state education
- Health by life expectancy in years and months

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What is the UN’s Human Development Report?

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A sociological report that looks at more humanist measures that could be used to measure development
It is focused on equality and reducing poverty, rather than a country’s economic or statistical success

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What is included in the Human Development Report?

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Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) - looks at more kinds of poverty
Gender Inequality Index (GII) - measures female reproductive health, educational attainment and government representation, and employment
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI) - total equality measure that is directly compared against the HDI

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How do “Hyper Humanists” suggest measuring development?

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  • “Gross National Happiness”
  • “Happy planet index”
  • “Good country index”
  • Social cohesion & cultural continuity
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