Social development

Question 1

What is educational development?

Answer 1

• Percentage of eligible children attending school
• Literacy (% who can read and write)

Question 2

What is health development?

Answer 2

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

Question 3

What is democracy?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is gender equality?

Answer 4

• M/F average years in education
• M/F health and life expectancy
• Equal access to pay, voting, etc

Question 5

What is the Human Development Index (HDI)?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What is the UN’s Human Development Report?

Answer 6

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

Question 7

What is included in the Human Development Report?

Answer 7

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

Question 8

How do “Hyper Humanists” suggest measuring development?

Answer 8

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