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Global
Development (Impact of uneven development on quality of life…
Global
Development
Definitions
Economic
-Increase in wealth.
-Could be an increase in people in secondary
-Could be indicated by greater use of natural rescources
Social
-Chnages that affect quality of life
-Improved literacy
-Acess to education
-Better hosuing
-More doctors per 1000
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Development measures
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HDI- comparitive measures of different aspects of life such as education, standards of living and life expectancy (better than GDP as includes GDP too)
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Corruption perceptions index- perceived corruptions of governments, difficult to measure. Government officials use money for their own betterment, not the betterment of their country (100 is a perfect score) e.g. Zimbabwe has 21
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Levels of development
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Historic
Colonies-
-they supplied food to other countries not themselves, hindering development and aiding the ‘mother’ country
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Politics
-countries with stable governments developed faster
-wars hindered development as income was spent in military
-development prohibited by corruption
Economic
World trade
-primary products =developing but manufactured products are worth more and sold by developed
Foreign investment
-helps country develop
-Africa =15% of population but receives 5% of foreign investment
-Europe = 7% and receives 45% of direct foreign investment
-but countries are starting to invest in emerging countries such as coke in India
Infrastructure
-roads and railways and facilities reflectdevelopment
-companies want to invest in better infrastructured countries
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