What is an advantage of the envirmonental performance index? | It shows how countries are looking after their people and environment using a variety of indicators. |
What is development? | Improvement for the better, with the idea of reaching acceptable standards of living and a good quality of life. |
What are some examples of economic development? | GDP, GNI and types of employment. |
What are some examples of envirometal development? | Access to clean water, drainage systems and bins (recycling unit). |
What are some examples of social development? | Literacy, birth rates, death rates and access to a doctor. |
What is sustainability? | The ability to be able to meet the needs of the present generation, without compromising on the needs of the future generation. |
What are some examples of political development? | Disctatorship or democracy, women voting and access to education. |
What is GDP? | Gross domestic product - all of a countries goods and services produced in a year, divided with the population. |
What is GNI? | Gross national income - a measure of all the money in the country and overseas. |
What is a development gap? | An increasing gap between the worlds richest and the worlds poorest. |
What is PPP? | Purchasing power parity - the strength of how far your money can stretch, after being converted to a different currency. |
What is HDI? | Human development index - literacy rates, healthcare and GNI per capita. It's a more holistic approach to measuring development. |
What is the gini coefficient? | Something that measures the distribution and inequality of income in a country. 0 = everyone has the same income. 1 = one person has all the countries income. |
What is the coruption perception index? | Something that measures a countries corruption. 0 = very corrupt, 100 = very clean. |
What are some examples of very clean countries, from the corruption perception index? | Denmark (92), New Zealand (91) and Finland (89). |
What are some examples of very corrupt countries, from the corruption perception index? | Somalia (8), North Korea (8) and Sudan (11). |
What is an advantage of GDP? | Data is available for every country with an economy. |
What is an advantage of HDI? | It covers a wide range of factors, making it more accurate. |
What is an advantage of HPI? | It shows how well a population is considered by its government. |
What is HPI? | Happy planet index - how efficient a country is at using its resources to benefit the population without causing negative environmental impacts in the long-term. |
What is an advantage of the gender inequality index? | Specifically targets a group that is specifically excluded in the development of a country. |
What is the gender inequality index? | Something that considers the female participation to workforce, decision, pregnancy and education. |
What are 2 advantages of political freedom? | Uses 7 different measures and questions judged by experts.
Trends overtime can be identified since was assembled in 1973. |
What are 2 advantages of the corruption perception index? | It covers 183 countries.
Combines different sources of information. |
What is political freedom? | The measure of political rights and civil liberties like elections, votings and freedom of speech. |
What is an advantage of the envirmonental performance index? | It shows how countries are looking after their people and environment using a variety of indicators. |
What is the environment performance index? | Something that considers the health of people and the natural environment with 22 indicators. |
What are two disadvantages of GDP? | It uses an average, so it hides any differences.
It doesn't include important activities that dont involve money (like subsistence farming) |
What are two disadvantages of HDI? | Some data isn't available for all countries.
It doesn't consider the natural environment. |
What are two disadvantages of HPI? | The economic aspect is absent.
The measure needs to be used with other indicators to see development better. |
What is a disadvantage of gender inequality index? | The role of women varies, so the results can be biased. |
What is a disadvantage of political freedom? | Bias towards the western ideas of freedom. |
What is a disadvantage of the corruption perception index? | Corruption may be hidden and difficult to measure. |
What is a disadvantage of the environment performance index? | Doesn't cover economic factors. |
What does birthrate mean? | The total number of births per 1,000 per year. |
What does deathrate mean? | The total number of deaths per 1,000 per year. |
What does youthful population mean? | The group of young people under the age of 15. |
What does ageing population mean? | The group of people above the age of 65. |
What does economically active population mean? | Between the ages 15 and 65 who are working. |
What does fertility rate mean? | Average number of births per woman. |
What does maternal mortality rate mean? | The number of mothers per 100,000 who die during childbirth. |
What does infant mortality rate mean? | The number of children per 1,000 who die before their first birthday. |
What is a population pyramid? | A graph that shows the ages within a population of a country. |
What is stage 1 of the DTM model and what is it called? | Birth rates and death rates are high, causing population to be low. High stationary. |
What is stage 2 of the DTM model and what is it called? | The birth rates are high, and death rates fall rapidly, causing the population to increase rapidly. Early expanding. |
What is stage 3 of the DTM model and what is it called? | Birth rates fall rapidly and death rates stay low, the population increases slowly. Late expanding |
What is stage 4 of the DTM model and what is it called? | The birth rates and death rates are both low, causing the population to level and stay stable. Low stationary. |
What is stage 5 of the DTM model and what is it called? | Birth rates are lower then death rates, causing the population to decrease. Declining. |
What is a DTM model? | A demographic transition model that shows the population change as countries develop. Drafting population, birth rates and death rates. |
What is globalisation? | The process of the world becoming more interconnected through culture, trade and technology. |
What is outsourcing? | Getting services in a different couutry for cheaper labour. |
What is FDI? | Foreign direct investment, which is investment into one country by another/ |
What is a global shift? | When manufactured goods are made in developing countries instead of developed. |
What is the clark fisher model? | A model that shows how countries move through three economic phases: pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial. |
What type of countries are mainly predominated by the primary sector, and what jobs are they usually? | Low income countries that collect and sell raw materials, mainly from farming and mining. |
What type of countries are mainly predominated by the secondary sector, and what jobs are they usually? | Middle income countries whose economies are developing and incomes are rising. They sell manufactured and agricultural goods as demands increase. People are starting to work in factories. |
What type of countries are mainly predominated by the tertiary and quaternary sector, and what jobs are they usually? | High income countries that have specialized sectors kuje banking, legal service, leisure, IT, medical services and media, usually being high income jobs. |
What are some economic barriers to Malawi's development? | Terms of trade and dept. |
What is a reason for Malawi's poor terms of trade? | The large exportation of raw materials (primary sector products). Manufactured goods are brought in exchange, however the raw material is a lot cheaper. |
What is international trade? | The movement of goods and services across borders and between countries. |
What is economic liberalisation? | When the market and individual companies can set their own products, prices and investments, instead of the government. |
When did India's economy began and why? | In 1991 when economic liberalisation began. |
Why is shipping an important way to transport goods? | Ships transport 90% of goods, while only needing one crew. Meaning that larger ships are only slightly more expensive than a small one. Imports from India like jewellery and fruit are 70x more valuable and transported by sea. |
Why is contanerization an important way to transport goods? | The UK imports textiles, clothing and footwear from India. Containers on ships make things easier and quicker to transport to ports and load. |
Why is aircraft technology an important way to transport goods? | Air transport is more expensive than sea, so it is more efficient, but, only 2% of UK's imports arrive by air but make 15% more value. |
How much did the GDP of India increase by in 23 years after 1991? | 6.1 billion. |
What had the GDP per capita in PPP increase from in India after 1991? | 1150 to 5800. |
Which country is predicted to be the 2nd ;argest economy by 2050? | India. |