Economic Development
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT How advanced an economy is More Developed = more advanced (United States) Less Developed = less advanced (Haiti) Newly Industrialized = moving from less to more developed (Mexico) Standard of Living: ease of how people are able to satisfy their needs and wants
INDICATORS OF DEVELOPMENT Human Development Index (HDI): tool for ranking countries based on their level of: economic development gender & social equality quality of life enjoyed by citizens Ranked as: very high (Norway #1), high (Mexico #71), medium (El Salvador #117), low (Haiti #168)
HDI Human Development Index
DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS Life Expectancy: average number of years an individual in a country is expected to live. Affected by poverty, diet, doctors, diseases Birth & Death (Mortality) Rates: how many people are born/die every 1000 people/year. Infant Mortality Rate: number of infants who die/1000 births. Closely related to (lack of) medical care. Causes: dehydration, malnutrition, malaria
APPLYING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED More Developed [High or- Low] Indicator Birth Rate Less Developed [High or- Low] Mortality Rate Infant Mortality Rate Life Expectancy
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Gross Domestic Product (GDP): total value of goods and services produced by a nation in one year GDP per capita: GDP Population of country Other indicators: (average number) cars, cellphones, televisions, computers per person
Lack of investment, less productive workers APPLYING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED More Developed [High/Low] More Developed [ ] [Indicator] GDP per capita # cars, doctors, cellphones Standard of Living [Indicator] Use machinery, computers, high-tech tools Subsistence Agriculture Less Developed [High/Low] Less Developed [ ]
SOCIAL INDICATORS More developed = wealthier = provide more social services People are healthier, better educated, more productive Literacy Rate: percentage of people who can read/write Other Indicators: attending college, professionals (doctors), housing, water supply, sanitation
APPLYING WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED More Developed [High/Low] [Indicator] Less Developed [High/Low] Literacy Rate # Attending College # of Doctors & Hospitals
POLITICAL INDICATORS Freedoms people enjoy Level of democracy and voting rights Level of human rights Level of government oppression Tolerance for different points of view Most advanced countries have: free-enterprise economies & democratic government
Human Development Index COUNTRY USA (N. AMERICA) FRANCE (EUROPE) ZIMBABWE (AFRICA) BANGLADESH (SOUTH ASIA) SYRIA (MID-EAST) POPULATION 309 million 65 million 12 million 162 million 21 million GDP GDP PER CAPITA INFANT MORTALITY LIFE EXPECTANCY LITERACY RATE $14.256 billion $2.675 million $4.397 million $94.507 million $52.524 million $37,500 $27,460 $2,180 $1,870 $3,430 6.4 per 1,000 births 78.0 years 4.2 per 1,000 births 79.9 years 51.1 per 1,000 births 39.5 years 59.1 per 1,000 births 62.8 years 27.7 per 1,000 births 70.6 years 99% 99% 91% 53% 83%
Human Development Index Country Your Classification HDI Classification Less developed, Middle developed, or Highly developed USA France Zimbabwe Bangladesh Syria
PRIMARY ACTIVITIES Involve production of foods and extraction of resources Growing crops Raising livestock Fishing Logging Mining 2% of US workers are in the primary sector Found most in less developed countries
SECONDARY ACTIVITIES Manufacturing & production of goods Add value to raw materials by processing them or changing their form Cotton manufactured into textiles (clothes) Wood assembled into furniture Steel shaped into cars 13% of US workers are in the secondary sector Found most in newly industrialized countries
TERTIARY ACTIVITIES Services performed by people or businesses Teachers Doctors & Nurses Accountant Retailer (Sales) Truck Driver 80% of US workers are in the tertiary sector Found most in more developed countries
QUATERNARY ACTIVITIES Involve information processing and management Computer Programmer Engineer Manager of a company Scientist This is a sub-section of tertiary (services) Found most in more developed countries
Primary Activities Define: Ex. Job (not on notes): Secondary Activities Define: Ex. Job (not on notes): Tertiary Activities Define: Ex. Job (not on notes): Quaternary Activities Define: Ex. Job (not on notes):
INVESTIGATE ON YOUR OWN Country: Google > CIA WORLD FACTBOOK > select drop box Economic Activities: (GDP composition per sector) 1. (Agriculture) %: Top: 2. (Industry) %: Top: 3. (Services) %: Top: *N/A* * Look at PEOPLE & SOCIETY for other indicators (literacy, life expectancy, birth/death rates, etc.) Level of Development: Very High (1-49), High (50-102), Medium (103-144), Low (145-187)
Human Development Index Country Your Classification HDI Classification Less developed, Middle developed, or Highly developed USA France Zimbabwe Bangladesh Syria