Development and Globalisation

KEY QUESTIONS:

What is development?

What are the different types of development?

How can we measure levels of development?

Geographical Photo Analysers – Complete the columns on your table evidence for development, evidence for no development.

Evidence a country is developed…

Evidence a country is undeveloped…

What is Development..?

An improvement in a number of characteristics of a country.

Development can suggest economic, demographic, social, political and even cultural changes.

Your Task...

ECONOMIC SOCIAL

DEMOGRAPHIC POLITICAL

CULTURAL

CHARACTERISTICS OF A DEVELOPED

COUNTRY

How can we measure development?

There are many ways to measure development. The most common are:

GDP (Gross Domestic Product) – The total value of all finished goods and services produced by a country in a year.

GNP (Gross National Product) - The total value of all finished goods and services produced by a country in a year plus all net income that the country has earned overseas. Expressed in $.

BUT – this is only an economic indicator...

Ca we measure using all the other elements of development?

The Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic used to rank countries in order of development.

HDI

• HDI takes into account, GDP, life expectancy , adult literacy, enrolment in education at all levels.

• A measure of 1.0 developed.• Under 0.5 low levels of development.

• Perfect surely?

With reference to ONE country, describe and explain the ways in which it is developed or underdeveloped.