PowerPoint 8: Is the development gap widening or narrowing?

The development gap ...

... is the difference in levels of social well-being and economic development between the poorest and the richest people on the planet

... is the divide between rich and poor or the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’

... can exist on different scales

... involves social and economic differences

Using Gapminder – Homepage

Step 1: Start here

Click on Downloads

Investigate these videos:

What do they tell us about the development gap?

Investigate these interactive graphics:

See if you can create graphs and maps that investigate how countries have changed in recent years.

Track one country.

Using Gapminder – Downloads

Step 2 – scroll down toInvestigate these graphics. Start with Income, Regions and Poverty.

Watch this film (you may need to use headphones).

What does this chart suggest about a development gap?

Using Gapminder – Graphics

Click here for the graphics menu These graphics will help you to answer the questions on your activity sheet

Step 3 – Investigate the graphics

Using Gapminder – World Charts

Using Worldmapper 1

Use the A-Z map index to find Human Development Index (HDI) changes over time:

Map 171 - Wealth GrowthMap 172 - Wealth DeclineMap 173 - Human DevelopmentMap 175 - Development IncreaseMap 176 - Development Decrease

Map 171 – Wealth Growth

Using Worldmapper 2

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide growth in wealth that occurred there between 1975 and 2002

Map 172 – Wealth Decline

Using Worldmapper 3

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide decline in wealth that occurred there between 1975 and 2002

Map 173 – Human Development

Using Worldmapper 4

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide human development of the total world population (population multiplied by Human Development Index), found there.

Map 175– Development Increase

Using Worldmapper 5

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide human development that occurred there between 1975 and 2002 (calculated by multiplying human development index by population)

Map 176 – Development Decrease

Using Worldmapper 6

Source: © Copyright 2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan)

Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide human un-development that occurred there between 1975 and 2002 (calculated as the fall in Human Development Index multiplied by population)

Is the development gap widening or becoming narrower – what do you think?

Yes – the development gap is narrowing, the world is becoming a better place

No – the development gap is widening and the world is not becoming a better place

Both – the development gap is widening and narrowing at the same time; it is different in different places

Narrowing

There has been global development, particularly in Asia

Many poorer countries, like China and India, are industrialising

Widening Development in much of Africa has

lagged behind, although the percentage of people in poverty has decreased actual numbers have increased as population has grown

Worldwide, one billion people live on less than US$1 dollar a day

There is an urban–rural divide in many countries, like Mexico

Economic growth is increasing the divide between extreme wealth and poverty in some countries, like Brazil

The gap between rich and poor people living in both richer and poorer countries is growing

The development gap – the evidence

The development gap has narrowed for some people but not for others