World development key terms and definitions.

Some of the key terms and defitions.

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R N B G X H Q U E Y D N I N E A R X N X E
Q D H P Y S T Y B C C D V B L H X A V Y D
S E T R B Y L T L L D I F M A R Q S P B J
X X M V I V U R H E J T I M T S E I O I I
A O P I K L K E F O L M T P I Q D A A L O
W F O H B H S V L F G P E O V N I G N L J
S V O V E L E O D P O A E V E Q X F A F Y
I U W K B L M P S O G R N E P Q N B S N B
D L E T R H P E E V Q T D R O X X P V A S
V N B D A A O T N E X Y O T V Q L O N R H
P E J U K F W U T R J T W Y E P D V J M U
B R C B F C E L I T C R M L R T L E M O O
F A W H W S R O T Y U E E I T A H R G N K
K B T F W K M S L O W V N N Y U H T D C M
R I P J Y V E B E R K O T E S A C Y I B E
W L G S F C N A M D V P H O R O I A K R L
E I J K Y A T Q E W K J N N Q V V T D E M
S T J M F V F N N K X U I H T X L M I W D
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Clues

  • A desired process by which individuals are to take direct control over their lives. People then become agents of their own development. (11)
  • A measure of the economic vulnerability of countries. (5, 2, 13)
  • A way of characterising a person's command over things, taking note of all relevant rights and obligations. Entitlement relationships include trading, production or sale of labour, inheritance. (11)
  • Applies to individuals and households. May be a lack of income or exclusion from an aspect of society. (7)
  • Assets and capacities an individual or household can use to establish entitlement to food. (9)
  • In the UK where a person gets a job that pays less than the benefits they were on. In LEDCs systems of agricultural trade can keep farmers in poverty. (7, 4)
  • Living below a poverty line, less than $1/day. (8, 7)
  • People remain poor throughout their lifetime and often across generations as they are in a situation where the financial resources needed to get them out of poverty are unavailable. (5, 2, 7)
  • Specific to time and place, standard of living low compared to average country as a whole. (8, 7)
  • Used to define those in poverty. People living on less than US $1 a day are in extreme poverty and on less than US $2 are in poverty. Used for target setting e.g. Millennium development goals. (7, 4)

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