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Development Indicators Measuring Development

The document outlines various ways to measure development, including GDP per capita, life expectancy, literacy levels, and carbon emissions. It discusses the Human Development Index (HDI), which combines healthcare, education, and income to assess well-being and development levels across countries. Additionally, it identifies factors influencing GDP and development in developing countries, such as corruption, unemployment, and lack of education.

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Development Indicators Measuring Development

The document outlines various ways to measure development, including GDP per capita, life expectancy, literacy levels, and carbon emissions. It discusses the Human Development Index (HDI), which combines healthcare, education, and income to assess well-being and development levels across countries. Additionally, it identifies factors influencing GDP and development in developing countries, such as corruption, unemployment, and lack of education.

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Development Indicators & Measuring

Development
1. Ways of measuring development
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita: the average amount earned by each person in
a country, based on the amount of money produced in the country(eco)

GDP: amount of money generated by goods & services in a country in a year(eco)

Life expectancy (LE): the number of years a person is expected to live(socio)

LITERACY LEVELS: Being able to read & write(socio)

Adult literacy rate: the percentage of the adult population that can read and write(socio)

Biased: strong feeling towards one result rather than another, not based on fairness(socio)

Surplus: oversupply, too many people for the number of jobs(socio)

Urban-rural population: Percentage of people/population living in urban area compared


to rural area (Enviro)

Carbon emissions: Release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by human activities.
(Enviro)

1. Human Development Index (HDI)


measures the well-being and compares the level of development of different countries

HDI combines the following

 Healthcare: Average life expectancy


 Education: Average years of schooling received by people 25years & older
 Income: GDP/Capita.

NB: HDI is between 0 & 1. Close to 1 indicates a highly developed country with
high standard of living. Zero indicates less development
3. Factors influencing GDP and level of development of developing
countries
 Corruption
 High unemployment
 Lack of education and skills
 Poor infrastructure
 Disease / Pandemics (e.g. Aids, Malaria, Covid)

Other acceptable answers:

 War
 Political instability
 Low foreign investment
 Natural disasters

4. Human Development Index (HDI)


HDI: is a figure of between 0 and 1

It combines 3 factors shown in the image:

 Life expectancy at birth


 Average education level
 Standard of living / GNI per capita

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