Changing Economic World

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Created on: 08-01-18 18:40

What indicators can be used to measure the development of a country?

Birth rate, death rate, infant mortality and literacy rate.

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How does birth rate measure the development of country?

As a country develops, women are likely to become educated and want a career rather than staying at home. They marry later and have fewer children.

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How does death rate measure the development of a country?

HICs = older populations -> high death rates, more access to healthcare and clean water -> lower death rates. LICs = more young people -> lower death rates, not enough access to healthcare etc. -> higher death rates.

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How does infant mortality measure the development of a country?

HIgher in LICs as they dont have as much access to healthcare as HICs do and so babies under one year of age may not get the healthcare they need.

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How does literacy rate measure the development of a country?

Shows a country has a good education system. HICs have better access to education than LICs so their literacy rate would be higher.

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How can a natural increase in population happen?

When the birth rate is higher than the death rate.

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How can a natural decrease in population happen?

If the birth rate is less than the death rate.

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What are the limitations of economic and social measures?

Data could be out of date or hard to collect, data may be unreliable, may not take into account subsistence or informal economies, which are important in many countries, government corruption may mean that data are unreliable.

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What are the physical causes of uneven development?

Landlocked countries, climate-related diseases, extreme weather and the lack of adequate supplies of clean and safe water.

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What are the economic causes of uneven development?

Low life expectancy, frequant illness, lack of nutritious diets, rich countries trading with poor countries (more supply than demand).

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What are the historical causes of uneven development?

Colonialism, history of industrial and economic development.

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