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What is income per capita?
income of a group of people
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What is GDP?
measures total output of goods and services by a whole country
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What is purchasing power parity?
measures prices in different countries and compares purchasing power
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What is GNP?
Measures output produced by countries citizens both abroad and domestically
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What is development?
the improvement in quality of life of a country's population
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What is a single indicator?
an indicator that considers one variable
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What is a composite indicator?
an indicator that considers more than one variable
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Why might data not be reliable?
data changes constantly, some counties cannot collect accurate data
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What does the clark fisher model show?
chnages in employment over time
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What are some ethical and environmental concerns caused by globalisation?
exploited labour, low income for primary sector jobs, excess of resources used and wasted, climate change
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What is localism?
goods grown locally
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What are transition towns?
towns that encourage the growing of their own food
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What is fairtrade?
guaranteed prices for farmers, sustainable income
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What is the forest stuardship council?
organisation that puts their logo on ethically produced wood, which does not damage the enviroment
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What are recycling schemes?
local towns encouraging use of coloured bins, 'Keep Britain Tidy'
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What factors increase migration?
open borders in EU, FDI, humanitarian crisis, deregulation of job market
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Examples of migration tensions?
Brexit 2016, extremist anti-immigration parties, Wall between Mexico and USA
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How is globalisation being limited?
No internet access in north korea, china censored internet, Australian points based immigration system, trade protectionism of oil in USA
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Example of group against globalisation and culture diffusion
First Nations of Canada, indigenous group, government funded, native language, educational centre
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