Economic changes = wealth increase and the number of people living in poverty ( without basic human needs)usually decreases. Name two measures of this.
GDP and GNP.
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What is GDP?
Gross Domestic Product- total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year.
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What is GNP?
Gross National Income- total value of goods and services produced in a year by people of a particular nationality (GDP+money from those living abrpad).
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Social Changes affect quality of life, name 4 meausres of this.
IMR-Infant Mortality Rate, no. babies die under 1/1000. People per doctor (avergae number). Access to safe drinking water (%). Literacy rate of adults (%, read and write).
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Name 3 measures of demographic change.
Birth rate- per 1000 per year. Death rate- per 1000 per year. Life Expectancy (average).
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Political changes can be measured by a chnage in the political system, such as...
Dictatorship (1 leader makes all decisions) to democracy (people decide on things by voting).
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Why can these measures of development be misleading on their own?
Avergaes therefore don't show elite groups or variations.
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Why shouldn't certain measures be used on their own?
Some aspects develop before others, so a country could seem more developed than it actually is.
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Whatcompund measure can avoid these problems?
HDI- Human Development Index. A no. calculated using Life Expectancy, Literacy Rate, Educational Level (eg. degree) and Income Per Capita. More developed= higher HDI.
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What is GDP?
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Gross Domestic Product- total value of goods and services produced by a country in a year.
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