unit 4 aos 1 Flashcards
describe what the world bank’s system of classifying countries is:
classifies countries as either high, middle (upper or lower) or low income, based on thresholds that have been established
what does GNI mean?
‘the total value of goods and services a country’s citizens produce, including the value of income earned by citizens who may be working in an overseas country’.
define economic characteristics
relating to finance and economic productivity in a country
define social characteristics
relates to the social environment
define environmental characteristics
relates to the physical environment
economic characteristics of high income countries (4)
- Lower levels of poverty
- Wide range of industries
- Opportunities for global trade
- High average incomes
economic characteristics of middle income countries
- Moderate average income
- Transitioning towards low levels of debt
- → greater opportunities for global trade
- → low levels of poverty
- Moderate range of national industries
economic characteristics of low income countries
- Low average incomes
- High levels of debt
- Few opportunities for global trade
- High levels of poverty
- Narrow range of national industries
social characteristics of high income countries
- Higher level of gender equality
- Low birth rate & population growth
- High levels of employment
- High education levels
- Developed social security systems
- Developed health systems
- Access to technology
- Developed legal system
social characteristics of middle income countries
- → high levels of employment
- → high levels of education
- Increasing social support systems
- → lower birth rates
- → a developed healthcare system
- → greater access to technology
- → developed legal & political systems
social characteristics of low income countries (8)
- Inadequate access to employment
- 🙁to education
- 🙁social support systems
- High birth rates
- Underdeveloped healthcare systems
- 🙁to technology
- Underdeveloped legal & political systems
- More likely to have a history of colonialism
environmental characteristics of high income countries (5)
- Access to safe water and sanitation
- Food security
- Adequate housing
- Adequate infrastructure
- High levels of CO2 emissions
environmental characteristics of middle income countries
- →adequate infrastructure
- → complete access to clean water for all citizens
- →complete sanitation for all
- →greater access to food for all
- →increase in agricultural productivity
environmental characteristics of low income countries
- 🙁infrastructure
- 🙁to safe drinking water
- 🙁to sanitation
- 🙁to food
- 🙁agricultural productivity
similarities in HS and BOD in low-, middle- and high-income countries (including AUS)
- Life expectancy is increasing in all income groups.
- Infant, U5 and maternal MR are decreasing in all income groups.
- Non-communicable diseases account for the greatest proportion of deaths in all countries.
- Rates of obesity and associated conditions are increasing in all income groups.
differences in HS and BOD in low-, middle-, and high-income countries including AUS
- LE generally fluctuates more in low- and middle-income countries compared to high-income countries.
- LE is considerably higher in high-income countries than in low-income countries
- MR (inc infant, U5 and maternal) increase as average income decreases.
- MR due to infectious diseases are higher in low-income countries.
- The rate of YLD, YLL and DALY increases as average income increases.
factors that contribute to similarities and differences in HS and BOD
- access to safe water
- sanitation
- poverty
- inequality - religion, sex, sexual orientation, race, gender identity
- global marketing and distribution of alcohol, tobacco and processed foods
define access to safe water
water free from contamination from disease-causing pathogens
define poverty
those living on less than US$1.90 per day
define sanitation
providing facilities and services for safely disposing of human urine and faeces
define racial discrimination
when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race or colour
define sexual orientation
the sex that an individual is attracted to
define gender identity
how people perceive themselves
how does access to safe water impact HS
those from low-income countries are less likely to have access to safe drinking water, increasing morbidity rates associated with diarrheal diseases (cholera)
safe water is required for adequate nutrition, those who experience limited access to safe water have higher mortality rates due to undernutrition