money, goods and expertise given by one country or organisation to another, sometimes free sometimes at a cost
aid
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live births per 1000 people per year
birth rate
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arrangement whereby developing countries pay to protect their tropical forests in return developed countries reducing ir abolishing their debts
conservation swaps
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the number of deaths per 1000 people per year
death rate
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money owing after being borrowed, money still to be paid back at some time in the future
debt
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level of economic growth and wealth of a country
development
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system whereby buyers in developed countries give farmers and producers in developing countries a deal that more than covers their costs
fairtrade
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average income per person in a country, worked out by dividing total income by the number of people
Gross National Income per head
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the total value of all goods and services produced by people and companies in the country in one year
Gross National Product
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measure of people's quality of life using more than one measure of development
Human Development Index
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unfair differences and big gaps in income and development between different countries or between different regions or groups of people within one country
inequalities in wealth
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number of child deaths per 1000 people in the first year of life
infant mortality rate
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average number of years at birth that a person can expect to live
life expectancy
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percentage of adults who can read and write
literacy rates
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statistical way to show size of the difference in levels of wealth and economic growth between countries, some economic, some social
measure if development
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short term event with natural causes that is a danger to life and property, e.g. earthquakes, volcanoes, tropical storms
natural hazard
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how well a person is able to enjoy living, between the extremes of living comfortably and struggling to survive
quality of life
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clean and free of disease after having been treated, or obtained from a pollution free underground source
safe water
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how well-off people are, what they can afford to do and buy; higher in developed than developing countries
standard of living
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economic growth that has a long future because people are working in harmony with the environment upon which they depend
sustainable development
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exchange of goods and services between countries
trade
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leaders or ruling parties that keep changing, sometimes in political coups, so that steady government is not possible
unstable governments
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
live births per 1000 people per year
Back
birth rate
Card 3
Front
arrangement whereby developing countries pay to protect their tropical forests in return developed countries reducing ir abolishing their debts
Back
Card 4
Front
the number of deaths per 1000 people per year
Back
Card 5
Front
money owing after being borrowed, money still to be paid back at some time in the future
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