Development Basics

Changes as a country develops

Economic changes:

• The wealth of a country increases as it develops.
• Wealth is meausred by GDP and GNI.
• As a country becomes wealthier, the number of people living in poverty decreases.

Social changes:

• These changes affect people's quality of life.
• This can be measured by the infant mortality rate and the number of people per doctor.
• Both of these decrease as a country develops.
• An incraese in access to safe water and literacy rate shows an increase in development.

Demographic changes:

• Birth rate and death rate are measures of development.
• They both decrease with development.
• Develpment is also shown if there is an increase in life expectancy.

Political changes:

• A country is developing if it changes from a dictatorship to a democracy.

Cultural changes:

• As a country develops the way in which people live their lives may change.
• E.g. gender equality, education, e.t.c.

Devlopment measures have limitations

When used on their own the measures of…